Patent №
US 7,860,009
Granted
2010-12-28
Filed 2008
Owner
ALCATEL LUCENT
Lab
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AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12147137
A method and apparatus for providing backpressure flow control to traffic flows of a data communications system are provided. Embodiments of the invention selectively apply a measure of flow control to traffic flows responsive to a level of congestion at a packet processor of the system. These embodiments advantageously provide flexibility in the application of flow control to specific traffic flows in accordance with one or more of characteristics of those traffic flows.
AI classification
Ownership
ALCATEL LUCENT
assignment · 211570158
Assignors
PIKE, DION, MEGARITY, MARK
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.