Packet flow control method
CA 1287151 C · Owner: Wiberg, William Craig · Inventors: Wiberg, William Craig; Hinch, Mark Gerard; Reid, John Brian
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Abstract A packet flow control method where delay data are added into an initial packet as it traverses a packet switching network, and where the receiver of the initial packet rather than the, sender, establishes a window size based on such delay data to be used for the duration of a packet connection through the network. The delay data allow for the calculation of an average rather than an instantaneous network delay such that the flow control mechanism is not dependent on the magnitude of network congestion that happens to be present when the connection is first established. Since the receiver determines the window size the flow control mechanism is put in, place as an integral part of …
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- Granted July 30, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 30, 2008.
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