Quality of service functions implemented in input interface circuit interface devices in computer network hardware

The decision to discard or forward a packet is made by a flow control mechanism, upstream from the forwarding engine in the node of a communication network. The forwarding engine includes a switch with mechanism to detect congestion in the switch and return a binary signal B indicating congestion or...

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Hauptverfasser: Barker, Kenneth James, Davis, Gordon Taylor, Jeffries, Clark Debs, Rinaldi, Mark Anthony, Sudeep, Kartik
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The decision to discard or forward a packet is made by a flow control mechanism, upstream from the forwarding engine in the node of a communication network. The forwarding engine includes a switch with mechanism to detect congestion in the switch and return a binary signal B indicating congestion or no congestion. The flow control mechanism uses B and other network related information to generate a probability transmission table against which received packets are tested to determine proactively whether a packet is to be discarded or forwarded.