Patent ID: 6661802
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of congestion management, comprising:assigning a plurality of queues to a queue list, wherein each one of said plurality of queues in said queue list is associated with a high water mark, a current length, and a priority; comparing said current length associated with one of said plurality of queues with said high water mark of said one of said plurality of queues; determining whether said current length of said one of said plurality of queues is at least as great as said high water mark of said one of said plurality of queues; determining whether said priority of said one of said plurality of queues is at least as great as a predetermined priority; and marking, in the event that said current length of said one of said plurality of queues is at least as great as said high water mark of said one of said plurality of queues, and said priority of said one of said plurality of queues is at least as great as said predetermined priority, said queue list as congested.