Congestion control method

A congestion control method for a system having a first network of one congestion control unit representing a subset of a switching network constituted by a set of switching nodes connected to each other and a second network which serves as a subset of the switching network and does not have a switching node common to the first network, thereby controlling congestion of the first and second networks, comprising the steps of:

• classifying traffic into first traffic generated in the first network and reaching a target switching node of the first network through a switching node in the first network, second traffic having the switching node of the first network as a start point and directed toward the second network, third traffic having a switching node in the second network as a start point and transmitted through a switching node in the second network and a switching node in the first network, and fourth traffic which does not correspond to any one of the first traffic, the second traffic, and the third traffic;
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• upon occurrence of congestion in the first network, independently controlling priority levels of the first traffic, the second traffic, the third traffic, and the fourth traffic in the first network.

A congestion control method for a system having a first network of one congestion control unit representing a subset of a switching network constituted by a set of switching nodes connected to each other and a second network which serves as a subset of the switching network and does not have a switching node common to the first network, thereby controlling congestion of the first and second networks, comprising the steps of:

• classifying traffic into first traffic generated in the first network and reaching a target switching node of the first network through a switching node in the first network, second traffic having the switching node of the first network as a start point and directed toward the second network, third traffic having a switching node in the second network as a start point and transmitted through a switching node in the second network and a switching node in the first network, and fourth traffic which does not correspond to any one of the first traffic, the second traffic, and the third traffic;
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• upon occurrence of congestion in the first network, limiting a traffic flow amount and a traffic rate of the third traffic in the second network.