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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Applicant:
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Inventor:
Robert John Briscoe, London, GB;
Assignee:
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/825 (2013.01); H04L 12/835 (2013.01); H04L 12/833 (2013.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/263 (2013.01); H04L 43/0864 (2013.01); H04L 47/26 (2013.01); H04L 47/30 (2013.01); H04L 47/31 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for a packet data flow to use markings on packets () that indicate the longest instantaneous queue length on a path in order to rapidly increase the flow rate up to an available capacity of a network node without overshoot, in order to avoid the TCP Slow start process.