Patent ID: 7729241
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of altering communication rates within a communication network comprising: monitoring, at a communications device, a data rate of a first communication link within a network; detecting a first congestion of a first end point coupled to the first communication link; indentifying the first end point; determining a desired data rate of the first communication link to effect the congestion; communicating at least one null packet to the first end point to alter the data rate of the first communication link at the first end point; detecting a second congestion at a second end point within the network; detecting no congestion at a third end point within the network; generating a first plurality of null packets to communicate to the first end point; generating a second plurality of null packets to communicate to the second end point, the second plurality of null packets different than the first plurality of null packets; communicating the first plurality of null packets to the first end point; and communicating the second plurality of null packets to the second end point.