Loading patent…
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsThomas Karagiannis, Christos Gkantsidis, Peter Key, Elias Athanasopoulos
Estimating the term…
An end-host based network management system and methods are described. The methods are performed independently at each end-host within the network based on data on local flows which is shared between end-hosts. In an embodiment, an end-host shares data on constrained local flows with other end-hosts and receives such data from other end-hosts. Based on this data, the end-host determines which flows from other nodes are competing for a shared resource with a constrained local flow and allocates the capacity of the shared resource between all the competing flows. This allocation is then enforced for the local flow by the end-host. Other end-hosts with competing flows perform similar methods and through an iterative process the contention for the shared resource is resolved and the utilization of the shared resource is optimized.
One or more device-readable media with device-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
A network comprising a plurality of end-hosts, wherein each end-host is arranged to independently perform network management of local flows based on information shared between the end-hosts.
A network management method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.