Method, apparatus, and system for bandwidth control
OwnerOsamu Sekihata, Naomasa Yoshimura +3inventors
InventorsOsamu Sekihata, Naomasa Yoshimura, Shiro Mori, Hajime Chiwata, Kiyotaka Shikata
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Abstract
In a method, an apparatus, and a system for a bandwidth control, a packet is held in a buffer, the held packet is read at a line bandwidth, and a read timing of a next packet is controlled, based on a packet length of a counted packet in order that a difference between the line bandwidth and a setting bandwidth assumes a packet interval. Also, by a flow control combined therewith, a bandwidth control is realized as a system without discarding any packet or with a low packet discarding rate.
Claims10
A bandwidth control method comprising the steps of:
- holding a packet,
- counting a packet length of the packet, and
- reading the held packet at a line bandwidth and controlling a read start timing of a next packet, based on the packet length, in order that a difference between the line bandwidth and a setting bandwidth assumes a packet interval.
A bandwidth control apparatus comprising:
- a buffer for holding a packet,
- a counter for counting a packet length of the packet, and
- a read controller for reading the packet at a line bandwidth from the buffer and controlling a read start timing of a next packet, based on the packet length, in order that a difference between the line bandwidth and a setting bandwidth assumes a packet interval.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.