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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Thyagarajan Nandagopal, Edison, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Thyagarajan Nandagopal, Edison, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/70 (2013.01); H04L 12/825 (2013.01); H04L 12/841 (2013.01); H04L 12/835 (2013.01); H04L 12/863 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/00 (2013.01); H04L 47/266 (2013.01); H04L 47/283 (2013.01); H04L 47/30 (2013.01); H04L 47/621 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus controlling, either individually or in the aggregate, traffic flows associated with a plurality of queues by transmitting traffic source FlowON messages at first times selected to avoid queue underflow conditions, and traffic source FlowOFF message at second times selected to avoid queue overflow conditions, where the first and second times are determined as a function of delay time D of a link supporting the traffic source.