A method of managing oversubscription of a common buffer resource shared by a number of traffic flows in a cell switching network in response to the utilization of the common buffer resource. A buffer utilization threshold is established for each of the traffic flows. As new cells arrive, the global...http://www.google.ca/patents/US6034945?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6034945 - Method and apparatus for per traffic flow buffer management
