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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2010
Applicants:
Soonyong Sohn, Elkridge, MD (US);
Brian L. Mark, Fairfax, VA (US);
Inventors:
Soonyong Sohn, Elkridge, MD (US);
Brian L. Mark, Fairfax, VA (US);
Assignee:
George Mason Research Foundation, Inc., Fairfax, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A router, implemented in hardware and/or hardware in combination with software for routing packets, so as to limit congestion. The router monitors incoming data flows as well as the queue length of its buffer to control the rate of incoming data flows via a flow controller. The flow controller uses at least one of: a Smith predictor, a proportional-integral controller, a proportional-derivative controller, and a proportional controller.