Patent ID: 9342339
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04Q,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: determining a threshold data rate on an outgoing link coupled to a switch; determining a plurality of sources of data flows sent to the outgoing link; determining an aggregate arrival data rate from the plurality of sources for the outgoing link for a current period; computing a first desired injection data rate for the current period for a first source of the plurality of sources based on the threshold data rate on the outgoing link, the aggregate arrival data rate for the outgoing link, and a second desired injection data rate for the first source computed for a previous period; and constructing for the first source a congestion notification comprising the first desired injection data rate for the first source, thereby allowing the first source to throttle its data injection to prevent network congestion.