Patent ID: 6023453
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A method of adjusting a packet transmission rate depending on a minimum value or a maximum value of a plurality of packet acceptance levels produced at a network node of a communications network, comprising:storing a set of unique packet acceptance levels representative of all possible packet acceptance levels available at the network node;receiving packet acceptance levels from the network node at regular or irregular time intervals;storing a last occurrence identifier in response to a particular packet acceptance level of the set of unique packet acceptance levels being equivalent to a received packet acceptance level;defining a window spanning a range of last occurrence identifiers;identifying the minimum value or the maximum value of received packet acceptance levels within the window; andadjusting the packet transmission rate of packets transmitted to the communication network as a function of the minimum value or the maximum value of the packet acceptance levels within the window.