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Patent US7813279 - System for rate management of aggregate-rate communication services - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA system for rate management of communication services. The system comprises at least one group of ports sharing a guaranteed-rate; and each of the group of ports determines an allowed-rate using at least one rate management policy....http://www.google.com/patents/US7813279?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7813279 - System for rate management of aggregate-rate communication servicesAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7813279 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/622,744Publication dateOct 12, 2010Filing dateJan 12, 2007Priority dateJan 13, 2006Fee statusPaidAlso published asDE602007009020D1, EP1932298A1, EP1932298A4, EP1932298B1, US20070165627, WO2008014710A1Publication number11622744, 622744, US 7813279 B2, US 7813279B2, US-B2-7813279, US7813279 B2, US7813279B2InventorsRobert Sultan, Linda Dunbar, Lucy YongOriginal AssigneeFuturewei Technologies, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (41), Non-Patent Citations (50), Classifications (21), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetSystem for rate management of aggregate-rate communication servicesUS 7813279 B2Abstract A system for rate management of communication services. The system comprises at least one group of ports sharing a guaranteed-rate; and each of the group of ports determines an allowed-rate using at least one rate management policy.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is related to: U.S. application Ser. No. 11/622,536, filed concurrently with the present application on Jan. 12, 2007, �SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AGGREGATE-RATE COMMUNICATION SERVICES�, by Robert Sultan, and Linda Dunbar; and U.S. application Ser. No. 11/622,646, filed concurrently with the present application on Jan. 12, 2007, �SYSTEM FOR RATE-CONTROL OF AGGREGATE-RATE COMMUNICATION SERVICES�, by Robert Sultan, Stein Gjessing, Xuan Zhang, Zhusheng Deng, Xixiang Li, and Jianfei He.
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to network communications, and more particularly, to a versatile system for rate management of aggregate-rate communication services.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Ethernet is one of the most widely-installed Local Area Network (LAN) technologies. Users are attracted by a number of advantages of Ethernet services, including ease of use, cost effectiveness, flexibility, and wide rage of service options, etc. Ethernet services have been extended to metropolitan areas and beyond.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a system for rate management of communication services. The system comprises at least one aggregation-group sharing a guaranteed-rate; and each member port of the aggregation-group determines an allowed-rate using at least one rate management policy.
A j =G/n; or A j=(W j /ΣW j)G. A second alternative policy may be that ports consuming more capacity may be assigned a higher allowed-rate when there is contention for a guaranteed-rate among ports. This may be accomplished by a rate-proportional division of the guaranteed-rate among ports as follows:
A j =R j(R j ≦G/n); and A j=(G−sum of R i)/Q(R i ≦G/n;R j >G/n; where Q is the number of ports whose ingress-rates satisfy R j >G/n. The method for sharing a guaranteed-rate explicitly includes the alternatives described above, and also methods that are conceptually similar.
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No. 11/622,646 filed on Jan. 12, 2007, 29 pages.Classifications U.S. Classification370/230.1, 370/235International ClassificationG01R31/08Cooperative ClassificationH04L41/5003, H04L43/16, H04L43/0852, H04L12/1485, H04L12/14, H04L43/00, H04L47/20, H04L47/263, H04L43/0894, H04L12/2602, H04L47/10European ClassificationH04L47/20, H04L43/00, H04L12/14T, H04L47/10, H04L47/26A, H04L12/14, H04L12/26MLegal EventsDateCodeEventDescriptionMar 12, 2014FPAYFee paymentYear of fee payment: 4Mar 5, 2007ASAssignmentOwner name: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC, TEXASFree format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:SULTAN, ROBERT;DUNBAR, LINDA;YONG, LUCY;REEL/FRAME:018958/0199;SIGNING DATES FROM 20070213 TO 20070223Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:SULTAN, ROBERT;DUNBAR, LINDA;YONG, LUCY;SIGNING DATES FROM 20070213 TO 20070223;REEL/FRAME:018958/0199RotateOriginal ImageGoogle Home - Sitemap - USPTO Bulk Downloads - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - About Google Patents - Send FeedbackData provided by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services©2012 Google