Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fast friendly start for a data flow
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Application No.: US14908158Application Date: 2014-07-31
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Publication No.: US09860184B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Robert John Briscoe
- Applicant: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
- Current Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: GB1313760.9 20130731
- International Application: PCT/GB2014/000300 WO 20140731
- International Announcement: WO2015/015141 WO 20150205
- Main IPC: H04L12/825
- IPC: H04L12/825 ; H04L12/835 ; H04L12/833 ; H04L12/26

Abstract:
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for a packet data flow to use markings on packets (93, 94) that indicate the longest instantaneous queue length on a path in order to rapidly increase the flow rate up to an available capacity of a network node without overshoot, in order to avoid the TCP Slow start process.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160182387A1 FAST FRIENDLY START FOR A DATA FLOW Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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