Patent ID: 6219712
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A system for exchanging a plurality of messages between a first node and a second node over a data link, each of the first and second nodes comprising:means for said respective node to include in a selected message of said plurality of messages a source rate value representing a transmission rate at which said other node may transmit messages to said respective node;means for said respective node to determine that congestion has been detected at said respective node, and in response to determining that congestion has been detected, for said respective node to transmit a new source rate value to said other node in a return message sent by said respective node to said other node; andmeans for said respective node to respond to a received new source rate value from the other node by adjusting the rate at which said respective node sends subsequent messages to said other node to conform to said new source rate value.