Patent ID: 8995265
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a controller including a computer processor in a Converged Enhanced Ethernet network connected to a layer 2 endpoint buffer, wherein the layer 2 endpoint buffer comprises at least one of a layer 2 transmitter buffer and a layer 2 receiver buffer; a manager executing on the controller to monitor the layer 2 endpoint buffer by at least one of determining buffer data packet occupancy and rate of change in the buffer data packet occupancy, wherein the manager uses at least one of unsent frames and unacknowledged frames in relation to the round-trip-time*bandwidth product at the layer 2 transmitter buffer as an indication of at least one of delay spread and congestion in the Converged Enhanced Ethernet network; and a reporter to notify a congestion source of the layer 2 endpoint buffer based upon the at least one of buffer data packet occupancy and rate of change in the buffer data packet occupancy.