Patent ID: 9385967
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04Q

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: measuring in a first length measurement, a length of a first communication link of a storage area network of a plurality of devices wherein the first length measurement is a function of a first minimum command response time of a command issued over the first communication link; obtaining a current data units per second link speed of the first communication link; calculating a first target resource allocation for a first port at a first end of the first communication, and for a second port at a second end of the first communication link as a function of the data units per second link speed of the first communication link and the first length measurement for the first communication link; and configuring a resource allocation for the first and second ports for the first communication link in accordance with the calculated first target resource allocation; wherein the second port has an address, and wherein the measuring a length of the first communication link comprises: