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AssigneeNetwork Physics, Inc.
InventorsHan C. Wen, Minh Duong-van, Tomas J. Pavel, Mark Crane
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End-to-end packet losses of one or more traffic streams transmitted across a congested network may be reduced by setting the bandwidths of the corresponding traffic streams at critical values thereof at one or more control points along the network topology. The critical value of the bandwidths may be determined by monitoring buffer occupancy at the control point(s). Buffer occupancy may be determined by periodically sweeping down from a maximum bandwidth value according to a monotonically decaying exponential function.
A method, comprising controlling packet loss within a congested network by setting packet bandwidths over selected communication links within the network at one or more control points thereof, such packet bandwidths being set at critical values determined by monitoring congestion on one or more communication links of the network downstream from the control points.
A method, comprising monitoring buffer occupancy level at a control node of a network as present output rate from the control node is decreased, and setting the packet output rate at a value corresponding to a phase transition point in the buffer occupancy level.
A method, comprising setting an inter-packet transmission time for a control node in a network according to buffer occupancy levels in the control node.
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