Doug, I believe this is used in ATM to relieve congestion at a node. It may also be used in frame relay but I doubt it.
Dick Shultz >Does anyone know of any standard for 'back pressure signaling'? > >This signal is used when a node's throughput is backing up and >the transmission rate from the upstream node is slowed to match >the recieve rate of the downstream node. I 'think' this is >Ethernet, but not sure. > >Thanks in advance, Doug > >******************************************************* >Doug McKean >[email protected] >------------------------------------------------------- >The comments and opinions stated herein are mine alone, >and do not reflect those of my employer. >------------------------------------------------------- >*******************************************************
