Patents Examined by D. Ton
  • Method for rejecting cells at an overloaded node buffer
    Patent number: 6134239
    Abstract: A method for managing a buffer in a data network in which buffering is performed impartially for all connections. Data is transferred in frames each made up of a plurality of data cells. The data is buffered in a node point in the network in order to adapt the data network capacity to correspond to the capacity required by the transferable data. In a data overload situation at the buffer (or when the overload limit is about to be exceeded), the number of cells to be buffered and directed to the node point are predeterminately restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Sonera OY
    Inventors: Juha Heinanen, Kalevi Kilkki