Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Ritler, Lang & Kaplan LLP
  • Techniques for the hardware implementation of random early detection mechanisms
    Patent number: 6675220
    Abstract: Techniques for managing queues of packets are provided. Once the average queue size crosses a minimum threshold, packets are dropped according to a probability. Once a packet is dropped, the minimum threshold is increased in order to decrease the likelihood that a subsequent packet will be dropped. As packets are accepted, the minimum threshold is decreased gradually to its original value so that the distribution of dropped packets is very uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Davide Bergamasco, Thomas J. Edsall, Guglielmo M. Morandin, Keith McCloghrie