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Method for pacing data flow in a packet-based network

  • US 6,115,357 A
  • Filed: 06/29/1998
  • Issued: 09/05/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for pacing transmission of data in a packet communication environment having a plurality of transmission stations inter-connectable via a link through a wide area network cloud, said method comprising the steps of:

  • determining a round trip time for a packet issued by a transmitter and acknowledged by a receiver;

    determining number of data segments in a flow control window;

    determining a window transmission time as the amount of time required to transmit the data segments of the flow control window;

    computing an intersegment transmission interval based on the round trip time, window transmission time and number of segments per flow control window; and

    during a communication connectionsuccessively transmitting packets, each containing a data segment, with intersegment transmission intervals between selected packets.

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