DEVICE AND METHOD TO IMPLEMENT A SIMPLIFIED NON-GLOBAL FAIRNESS SCHEME IN A SHARED ACCESS TOPOLOGY

摘要

A device, method, system and computer program product for implementing a simplified non-global fairness schema in a shared access topology (100) is provided. Bandwidth management is distributed amongst individual nodes on a ring (100), without the need for a centralized management function. In an embodiment, the present invention utilizes two defined packet header fields (200) to assure that all nodes on the ring (100) will fairly receive a minimum amount of bandwidth in the presence of a single node (or multiple nodes) on a ring (100) transmitting at the maximum line rate of the ring (100).