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Flow control for multi-hop networks

  • US 8,514,713 B2
  • Filed: 06/01/2010
  • Issued: 08/20/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • at a network device, monitoring traffic into one or more ports of the network device based on a virtual local area network (VLAN) identification field in packets of the traffic; and

    if the monitoring indicates insufficient resources to handle traffic flow from a first VLAN, creating a frame indicating that traffic flow from the first VLAN should be paused; and

    modifying a first field of the frame, the first field;

    having a value indicating a tagged frame; and

    having a value indicating the first VLAN.

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