Patent ID: 6256674
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: G06F,H04J,H04L,H04Q,H04W,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of sharing a finite number of buffers within a receiver, said receiver being connected to a transmitter via a flow controlled connection, said method comprising the steps of:dynamically adjusting a number of buffers available to said connection;generating a first count indicative of the number of data cells transmitted through said connection by said transmitter to said receiver;generating a second count indicative of data cells currently being transmitted through said connection by said transmitter to said receiver and indicative of data cells not known to be released from a subset of said buffers in said receiver;generating a third count indicative of the total number of buffers in said receiver presently storing data cells;generating a fourth count indicative of data cells transmitted from said transmitter and released from buffers in said receiver;dynamically adjusting a number of data cells releasable from buffers in said receiver during a first interval; andstoring a number of data cells actually released from buffers in said receiver during said first interval.