Patent ID: 7929431
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication network, the network comprising: at least one switch, including a plurality of ports, each port in communication with the at least one switch, wherein each of the plurality of ports includes a port static table stored in a port memory associated with one of the plurality of ports that defines a predetermined allocation of a transmission rate for the associated one of the plurality of ports; and wherein each of the plurality of ports is configured to introduce an inter-frame gap (IFG) time delay between a first transmitted frame and a second transmitted frame, wherein the IFG time delay is based at least in part on the port static table and on a transmission time of the frame, wherein the switch enforces the transmission rate for each of the plurality of ports using the switch static table; wherein inter-frame gap (IFG) time delay is determined by performing a calculation equivalent to dividing a port maximum bandwidth by a port bandwidth allocation and then subtracting one, then multiplying by the transit time of the preceding frame.