Patents by Inventor Nitin Vaidva

Nitin Vaidva has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Adaptively changing weights for fair scheduling in broadcast environments
    Publication number: 20050030896
    Abstract: Adaptively changing weights for fair scheduling in broadcast environments is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for allocating bandwidth among a plurality of flows, such as nodes, sharing an output link, such as a network, is disclosed. The method includes adaptively determining a weight for each flow, based on a predetermined criteria, and allocating a portion of bandwidth to each flow proportionally to the weight for the flow. In one embodiment, the predetermined criteria takes into account an input rate of data packets for each flow, while in another embodiment, the predetermined criteria takes into account an queue size for each flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Paramvir Bahl, Nitin Vaidva