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Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 21, 2012
Applicants:

Paul Allen Bottorff, Portola Valley, CA (US);

Charles L Hudson, Round Rock, TX (US);

Michael Schlansker, Los Altos, CA (US);

Stephen G Low, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Paul Allen Bottorff, Portola Valley, CA (US);

Charles L Hudson, Round Rock, TX (US);

Michael Schlansker, Los Altos, CA (US);

Stephen G Low, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/863 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/37 (2013.01); H04L 47/12 (2013.01); H04L 47/29 (2013.01); H04L 47/62 (2013.01);
Abstract

One example provides a network device including a queue to receive frames from a source, a processor, and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions causing the processor, after execution of the instructions by the processor, to determine whether a flow control threshold of the queue has been exceeded, and in response to determining that the flow control threshold of the queue has been exceeded, generate a message to be sent to the source of the frame that exceeded the flow control threshold. The message includes a pause duration for which the source is to stop transmitting frames.


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