Patent ID: 6751684
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of allocating bandwidth to a plurality of devices transmitting packets on a communication link implemented as a plurality of point-to-point links, each point-to-point link interconnecting a respective two devices of the plurality of devices, the method comprising the acts of:determining, at a first device of the plurality of devices, a packet issue rate of a second device connected to the communication link, the packet issue rate corresponding to a number of second local packets generated by the second device and received by the first device on a first point-to-point link of the plurality of point-to-point links relative to a total number of received packets received by the first device on the first point-to-point link, the received packets including the second local packets; and matching an insertion rate of the first device to the packet issue rate, the insertion rate corresponding to insertion of first local packets generated by the first device relative to forwarding of the received packets onto a second point-to-point link of the plurality of point-to-point links.