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Traffic flow control and call set-up in multi-hop broadband networks

  • US 5,128,932 A
  • Filed: 08/27/1990
  • Issued: 07/07/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for propagating a sequence of control packets through a network composed of a plurality of nodes interconnected by links, each link being utilized for transmitting corresponding control packets, the method for an arbitrary node comprising the steps ofgenerating a first screening vector as determined by a set of network masks and the control packets, each of said masks being indicative of the network topology,generating a second screening vector as determined from said first screening vector and a congestion status vector for said arbitrary node, andpropagating said second screening vector as the next succeeding one of the control packets emanating from said arbitrary node.

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