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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
May. 05, 2008
Applicants:
Johannes Petrus Kruys, Harmelen, NL;
LU Qian, Solon, OH (US);
Predrag Tosic, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/827 (2013.01); H04W 28/12 (2009.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/803 (2013.01); H04L 12/825 (2013.01); H04L 12/835 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/12 (2013.01); H04L 47/11 (2013.01); H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04L 47/14 (2013.01); H04L 47/263 (2013.01); H04L 47/30 (2013.01); H04L 47/33 (2013.01);
Abstract
A distributed, bidirectional congestion control and starvation avoidance system for wireless mesh networks. In particular implementations, the nodes of the wireless mesh network monitor their respective local buffers for traffic load, and signal upstream and downstream nodes in response to detected congestion or excess capacity to dynamically allocate transmit capacity between neighboring nodes. Particular implementations are capable of mitigating congestion and preventing starvation in a fully distributed, low-overhead, scalable and efficient manner.