Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Network flow control
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Application No.: US16682557Application Date: 2019-11-13
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Publication No.: US11063875B2Publication Date: 2021-07-13
- Inventor: Joseph C. Lawrence , William R. Power
- Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CO Broomfield
- Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Broomfield
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04L12/859 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L12/841 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L12/801 ; H04L12/725 ; H04L12/865

Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure include a content delivery network (CDN) for delivering content associated with a plurality of different types of applications/devices. Using a CDN flow application, a plurality of network flow parameters are generated for content delivery unique to different types of applications or devices. The network flow parameters include customized data transmission rates. The network flow parameters include predetermined settings for transmission control protocol (TCP) connections between the CDN and devices using a TCP flow control mechanism. Upon receiving a content request, the CDN fulfills the content request based upon first network flow parameters. The network flow parameters may be adjusted for each of the plurality of different types of applications/devices. The network flow parameters may be generated based upon requests or based upon the performance of each of the plurality of applications/devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200084154A1 NETWORK FLOW CONTROL Public/Granted day:2020-03-12
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