CPC H04L 45/74 (2013.01) [G06F 15/17331 (2013.01); H04L 45/38 (2013.01); H04L 47/12 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
at a network device:
receiving a packet;
determining transmit rate-related information for a sender network device that sent the packet based at least on operational and telemetry information accumulated in the received packet; and
sending a portion of the transmit rate-related information to the sender network device, wherein the transmit rate-related information comprises data to adjust a transmission rate, of the sender network interface device, of packets of at least one flow;
wherein:
the operational and telemetry information accumulated in the received packet is to be accumulated, at least in part, using forwarding element packet processing pipeline match-action unit circuitry; and
the operational and telemetry information accumulated in the received packet comprises a congestion level at a single switch of multiple intervening switches in a path from the sender network device to the network device.
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