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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2008
Azeem Feroz, Cupertino, CA (US);
Wei-lung Lai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Roopesh R. Varier, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James J. Stabile, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jon Eric Okholm, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Azeem Feroz, Cupertino, CA (US);
Wei-Lung Lai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Roopesh R. Varier, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James J. Stabile, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jon Eric Okholm, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
SYMANTEC CORPORATION, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to an aggregate bandwidth utilization control scheme including fair share bandwidth allocation and dynamic allocation of bandwidth in response to detected traffic utilization. In one implementation, the present invention includes a weighted, fair share aggregate bandwidth allocation mechanism that dynamically responds to observed bandwidth utilization to provide unutilized or excess bandwidth to flows and partitions that require it. In another implementation, the present invention features a weighted fair share allocation scheme for hierarchical partition configurations. In other implementations, the present invention provides a per-flow target rate assignment mechanism that prevents spiraling decline of data flow rates.