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Intra switch transport protocol

  • US 9,860,185 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2013
  • Issued: 01/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying a maximum window size for network traffic according to a predetermined bandwidth and a round trip time between a plurality of ingress ports of a network switch and an egress port of the network switch;

    receiving virtual output queue values from the plurality of ingress ports;

    calculating an assigned window value for one of the plurality of ingress ports based on the maximum window size and an adjustment factor, wherein the maximum window size is distributed across the plurality of ingress ports;

    generating an acknowledgment message including the assigned window value for the one of the plurality of ingress ports;

    assigning an initial value for the assigned window value for the one of the plurality of ingress ports according to a predetermined portion of the maximum window size; and

    generating a subsequent value for the assigned window value for the one of the plurality of ingress ports according to an average of initial values for assigned window values over a number of the plurality of ingress ports that includes at least one ingress port whose initial value for the assigned window value is zero.

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