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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2011
Junhui Liu, Beijing, CN;
Junhui Liu, Beijing, CN;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a methodin a packet forwarding devicein an Internet Protocol, IP, networkfor congestion control. The methodcomprises: receivingan IP packetoriginating from a first network nodeand addressed to a second network node; determininga congestion status on a network path from the second network nodeto the first network node; and entering, for a congestion status indicating congestion, congestion information into a headerof the IP packet, the congestion status congestion information notifying the second network nodeabout congestion present on the network path. The invention also relates to a packet forwarding device, a computer programand computer program product