US 12,224,940 B2
Selective congestion notification by a network interface device
Malek Musleh, Portland, OR (US); Gene Wu, Austin, TX (US); Anupama Kurpad, Portland, OR (US); Allister Alemania, North Plains, OR (US); Roberto Penaranda Cebrian, Santa Clara, CA (US); Robert Southworth, Chatsworth, CA (US); Pedro Yebenes Segura, San Jose, CA (US); Curt E. Bruns, Gilbert, AZ (US); and Sujoy Sen, Beaverton, OR (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/514,615.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/130,665, filed on Dec. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0210075 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 47/127 (2022.01); H04L 47/122 (2022.01); H04L 47/2441 (2022.01); H04L 47/30 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 47/127 (2013.01) [H04L 47/122 (2013.01); H04L 47/2441 (2013.01); H04L 47/30 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a switch comprising:
circuitry, when operational, configured to receive, in a packet, an indicator of traffic volume to be sent, by a sender, in a flow to the switch and
to selectively send a congestion message based on a fullness level of a buffer in the switch and the indicator of traffic volume to be sent, by the sender, in the flow.