Aggregate transport control

A recordable storage medium having recorded and stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a computing device, perform the actions of:

• establishing, at a data network communication device having a shared data buffer for queuing received data, respective data communication channels with a plurality of client network devices;
• allocating default size data transmission windows to the plurality of client network devices;
• monitoring, at the data network communication device, use of the default size data transmission windows by the client network devices based on received data queued in the shared data buffer;
• allocating fixed size data transmission windows to client network devices of the plurality of client network devices that are communicating data at a rate greater than a threshold data rate, wherein the fixed size data transmission windows are larger than the default size data transmission windows;
• and
• receiving, at the data network communication device, data from the client network devices in accordance with at least one of the default size data transmission windows and the fixed size data transmission windows.

An data network communication device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• program storage memory operationally coupled with the processor, the program storage memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, provide for:
• establishing, at a data network communication device having a shared data buffer for queuing received data, respective data communication channels with a plurality of client network devices;
• allocating default size data transmission windows to the plurality of client network devices;
• monitoring, at the data network communication device, use of the default size data transmission windows by the client network devices based on received data queued in the shared data buffer;
• allocating fixed size data transmission windows to client network devices of the plurality of client network devices that are communicating data at a rate greater than a threshold data rate, wherein the fixed size data transmission windows are larger than the default size data transmission windows;
• and
• receiving, at the data network communication device, data from the client network devices in accordance with at least one of the default size data transmission windows and the fixed size data transmission windows.