Patent ID: 11968115
Assignee: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A method according to claim 13, characterized in that said second computer sends credit control messages to said first computer in order to control when packets are sent from said first computer, the method comprising:
said second computer pacing credits such that data arrives at a link-speed of the second computer;
when multiple first computers are sending to the same second computer an aggregate credit rate sent to all first computers shall be paced such that an aggregate rate from all first computers of the multiple first computers is equal or less then to a link speed of the second computer; and
wherein said second computer computing latencies per path ID by comparing a time between credit departures and packet arrivals, said second computer using said latencies to detect path IDs with higher latencies to detect abnormal behavior.