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Transfer rate controlling device and method thereof

  • US 6,556,542 B1
  • Filed: 08/14/1998
  • Issued: 04/29/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A transfer rate controlling device for controlling a transmission rate of a transmitting terminal when the transmitting terminal multicasts a fixed-length packet to a plurality of receiving terminals in a network where a transfer rate allowed by a path to a receiving terminal is notified to the transmitting terminal by a management fixed-length packet while the transmitting terminal transfers a fixed-length packet to the receiving terminal, comprising:

  • extracting means for extracting transfer rate information from management fixed-length packets which are sent from the plurality of receiving terminals to the transmitting terminal;

    calculating means for obtaining a parameter instructing a transmission rate of the transmitting terminal by performing a predetermined calculation for a plurality of sets of transfer rate information extracted by said extracting means; and

    notifying means for notifying the transmitting terminal of the parameter obtained by said calculating means.

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