Bandwidth management and access control for an atm network
CA 2186449 C · Owner: Telcordia Licensing Company Llc · Inventors: Chen, Wai
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A bandwidth management system (120), manages a plurality of virtual data connections within a communications network. The system includes an input (122) for receiving data cells wherein each cell is associated with a particular one of the virtual connections. The system also includes a cell pool, coupled to the input for storing the cells, fist and second queues (126- 128) for ordering the virtual connections and an, output (137) for transmitting cells from the cell pool. The relative position of a virtual connection in the first queue is determined by an eligibility variable that varies according to an anticipated data rate associated with the particular virtual connection and according to …
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- Filed January 23, 1996 and granted June 20, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 23, 2016.
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