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Patent US7668103 - Inter-device flow control - Google Patents
A system with switching capability comprises a controlling device, a first switching device, and first and second ports. The first port communicates with the controlling device. A control module selectively instructs the second port to assert flow control when a flow control message is received from...http://www.google.com/patents/US7668103?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7668103 - Inter-device flow control
Publication number US7668103 B1
Application number US 11/291,476
Also published as US7668104, US7680053, US7957285, US8391144, US8705355
Publication number 11291476, 291476, US 7668103 B1, US 7668103B1, US-B1-7668103, US7668103 B1, US7668103B1
Inventors Donald Pannell, Hong Yu Chou
Patent Citations (25), Non-Patent Citations (18), Referenced by (18), Classifications (9), Legal Events (1)
US 7668103 B1
48. The system of claim 47, wherein said first switching device transmits said frames to said second switching device at a rate that is based on said timer.
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/254,588 entitled “Inter-Device Flow Control”, filed on Oct. 20, 2005, which claims priority on 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) on U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/724,942, entitled “Inter-Device Flow Control,” filed Oct. 7, 2005, which claims priority on 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/679,845, entitled “Inter-Device Flow Control,” filed May 11, 2005, which claims priority on 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) on U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/623,557, entitled “Inter-Device Flow Control,” filed Oct. 29, 2004, the entire contents of each of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
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U.S. Classification 370/237, 370/235
Cooperative Classification H04L47/10, H04L49/506, H04L47/26
European Classification H04L49/50C2, H04L47/26, H04L47/10