Centralized bandwidth management method and apparatus

Disclosed is an apparatus and method for granting guaranteed bandwidth between one or more data transmission priority requesting sources and one or more resources upon request. Data sources that do not request an assigned bandwidth are served on a "best efforts" basis. The system allows ad...

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Hauptverfasser: CLARK SCOTT DOUGLAS, IRISH JOHN DAVID, BROWN JEFFREY DOUGLAS
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Disclosed is an apparatus and method for granting guaranteed bandwidth between one or more data transmission priority requesting sources and one or more resources upon request. Data sources that do not request an assigned bandwidth are served on a "best efforts" basis. The system allows additional bandwidth to priority requesting sources when it is determined that the resource and/or the communication path to the resource is under-utilized. The system further allows the granted bandwidth to be shared by more than one source in a multiprocessor system.