Patent ID: 8422367
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling traffic transmitted over a network path from a transmitter to a receiver via a router, the traffic comprising a plurality of packets, and the method comprising: at the receiver, estimating a maximum queue length at a buffer of the router based on a maximum observed delay for traffic to travel from the transmitter to the receiver, and estimating a current queue length at the buffer of the router based on an observed delay for one or more specified packets to travel from the transmitter to the receiver; and based on said estimates of current queue length and maximum queue length, controlling traffic between the transmitter and receiver over said network path including sending, by the receiver an indication of a designated rate of transmission of traffic to be employed by the transmitter to cause the transmitter to use the designated rate of transmission when sending traffic to the receiver.