| US 7,499,400 B2 | ||
| Information flow control in a packet network based on variable conceptual packet lengths | ||
| Neil James Davies, Bristol (United Kingdom); Peter William Thompson, Bristol (United Kingdom); Judith Yvonne Holyer, Bristol (United Kingdom); Christopher James Vowden, Bristol (United Kingdom); Laura Anne Lafave, Bristol (United Kingdom); and Graham Willmott, Bristol (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to U4EA Technologies Limited, London (United Kingdom) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 03, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/406,623. | ||
| Application 10/406623 is a continuation of application No. PCT/GB00/03789, filed on Oct. 03, 2000, abandoned. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0196791 A1, Oct. 07, 2004 Prior Publication US 2008/0165689 A9, Jul. 10, 2008 |
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| Int. Cl. H04J 1/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—235 [370/412; 370/470] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A method of controlling an information flow in a data transmission system, comprising:
receiving a plurality of data packets having a received physical packet length and at a received sample rate; and
assigning a conceptual packet length for each data packet, the conceptual packet length being a service time for the packet,
based on a determined service rate for each data packet.
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