Verizon Communications Inc.
Communication of congestion information to end devices

Abstract:

A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which congestion control service is provided. The congestion control service may include determining whether congestion exists relative to packets and a queue of a network device. The congestion control service may include estimating a communication metric value when congestion exists. A differentiated service field of an Internet Protocol header of each packet is used to carry a portion of the communication metric value. The congestion control service transmits the packets, which include the communication metric value, to an end device. The end device may use the communication metric value to adjust a transmission rate of subsequently transmitted packets.