EP1065833A3

Method and apparatus for managing communications between nodes in a bi-durectural ring network

Abstract

A fairness scheme is disclosed for managing data flow between nodes in a bi-directional ring network. A method in accordance with the invention controls the output bandwidth of nodes in a bi-directional ring network by: identifying a congested span comprising a head node having a congested downstream link, and a plurality of chain nodes contributing to the congestion in the downstream link; adjusting the output bandwidth of the head node as a function of the congestion in the downstream link; and adjusting the output bandwidth of the chain nodes as a function of the congestion in the downstream link.

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EP0392173A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	A	Search report	1-20
EP0666665A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	A	Search report	1-20
WO9914908A1	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	Y	Search report	3,4,11,12
CHEN J ET AL: "A local fairness algorithm for the MetaRing, and its performance study", COMMUNICATION FOR GLOBAL USERS. INCLUDING A COMMUNICATIONS THEORY MINI CONFERENCE. ORLANDO, DEC. 6 - 9, 1992, PROCEEDINGS OF THE GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE (GLOBECOM), NEW YORK, IEEE, US, vol. 1, 6 December 1992 (1992-12-06), pages 1635 - 1641, XP010062521, ISBN: 0-7803-0608-2	Non-patent	–	–	Search report	–

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345453	United States of America	–	1999-07-01
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CA2309527A1	Canada	A1	2001-01-01
EP1065833A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2001-01-03
JP2001045036A	Japan	A	2001-02-16
EP1065833A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2003-09-03
US6650618B1	United States of America	B1	2003-11-18
EP1065833B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2008-05-07
DE60038762D1	Germany	D1	2008-06-19
CA2309527C	Canada	C	2010-09-21
JP4605859B2	Japan	B2	2011-01-05

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Method and apparatus for managing communications between nodes in a bi-durectural ring network

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