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Method and apparatus for management of bandwidth in a data communication network

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  • US 6,233,245 B1
  • Filed: 12/24/1997
  • Issued: 05/15/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/24/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A router for use in a communications network, said router suitable for connection to a plurality of physical links, including at least one shared physical link, for transmitting and receiving data traffic units including source address information, said router comprising:

  • first and second input ports for receiving the data traffic units from respective physical links;

    an output port for connection to the shared physical link;

    a memory for implementing first and second queue buffers for storing the data traffic units, said first and second queue buffers being associated with the shared physical link;

    a data type determination unit coupled to said first and second input ports, said data type determination unit operative to dispatch the data traffic units received at said first and second input ports to a selected one of said first and second queue buffers on a basis of the source address information of the data traffic units;

    a scheduler for releasing the data traffic units to said output port from each one of said first and second queue buffers at a certain rate, for transmission over the shared physical link.

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