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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 200580035946', 'Application No. 200580034646', 'Application No. 200580034955', 'Application No. 200580034955', 'Application No. 200580034647', 'Application No. 05810800', 'Application No. 05812799', 'Application No. 08728248', 'Application No. 05810244', 'Application No. 05810800', 'Application No. 08728248']

Patent US7961621 - Methods and devices for backward congestion notification - Google Patents
The present invention provides improved methods and devices for managing network congestion. Preferred implementations of the invention allow congestion to be pushed from congestion points in the core of a network to reaction points, which may be edge devices, host devices or components thereof. Preferably,...http://www.google.com/patents/US7961621?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7961621 - Methods and devices for backward congestion notification
Publication number US7961621 B2
Application number US 11/248,933
Also published as CN101253729A, EP1935137A2, US8792352, US20070081454, US20110273983, US20150124619, WO2007050250A2, WO2007050250A3
Publication number 11248933, 248933, US 7961621 B2, US 7961621B2, US-B2-7961621, US7961621 B2, US7961621B2
Inventors Davide Bergamasco, Andrea Baldini, Valentina Alaria, Flavio Bonomi, Rong Pan
Patent Citations (150), Non-Patent Citations (101), Referenced by (42), Classifications (11), Legal Events (2)
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Cooperative Classification H04L47/30, H04L47/263, H04L47/11, H04L47/10, H04L43/0882, H04L43/062