Patent · US Active

Transaction based scheduling

US10999221B2 · kind B2 · utility

4Cited by
45References
15Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJul 2, 2019
Grant dateMay 4, 2021
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 2, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L47/805
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One embodiment includes a communication apparatus, including multiple interfaces including at least one egress interface to transmit packets belonging to multiple flows to a network, and control circuitry to queue packets belonging to the flows in respective flow-specific queues for transmission via a given egress interface, and to arbitrate among the flow-specific queues so as to select packets for transmission responsively to dynamically changing priorities that are assigned such that all packets in a first flow-specific queue, which is assigned a highest priority among the queues, are transmitted through the given egress interface until the first flow-specific queue is empty, after which the control circuitry assigns the highest priority to a second flow-specific queue, such that all packets in the second flow-specific queue are transmitted through the given egress interface until the second flow-specific queue is empty, after which the control circuitry assigns the highest priority to another flow-specific queue.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.