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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2012
Hiroshi Suzuki, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rong Pan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Flavio Bonomi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ravi Prasad, Fremont, CA (US);
Padma Akkiraju, Fremont, CA (US);
Hariprasada R. Ginjpalli, Cupertino, CA (US);
Andrew Robbins, Austin, TX (US);
Hiroshi Suzuki, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rong Pan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Flavio Bonomi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ravi Prasad, Fremont, CA (US);
Padma Akkiraju, Fremont, CA (US);
Hariprasada R. Ginjpalli, Cupertino, CA (US);
Andrew Robbins, Austin, TX (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for improving the performance of flow control mechanisms such as Pause are provided. The techniques provide for maintaining a fair distribution of available bandwidth while also allowing for fewer packet drops, and maximizing link utilization, in a distributed system. For example, in one embodiment, techniques are provided for achieving a fair share allocation of an egress port's bandwidth across a plurality of ingress ports contending for the same egress port.