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Patent US7894348 - Method and system for congestion control in a fibre channel switch - Google Patents
A method and system for routing fiber channel frames using a fiber channel switch element is provided. The switch element includes logic for comparing a credit counter value with a first threshold value to enable a credit limiting feature; and a first counter that receives a signal after a frame has...http://www.google.com/patents/US7894348?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7894348 - Method and system for congestion control in a fibre channel switch
Publication number US7894348 B2
Application number US 10/894,732
Also published as US20050018604
Publication number 10894732, 894732, US 7894348 B2, US 7894348B2, US-B2-7894348, US7894348 B2, US7894348B2
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Method and system for congestion control in a fibre channel switch
US 7894348 B2
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U.S. Classification 370/236, 370/229, 370/235, 370/230
International Classification G01R31/08, H04J3/14, H04L12/56
Cooperative Classification H04L49/505, H04L49/101, H04L49/357
European Classification H04L49/50C, H04L49/35H2
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