Router device and datagram transfer method for data communication network system
US6104713A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 15, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5679
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A router device realizing a datagram transfer method for improving the datagram transfer efficiency by ascertaining the transfer target and/or the requested quality of service without referring to the datagram content. The router device has network interfaces connected with networks including at least one virtual connection oriented network, a memory for storing a correspondence between a virtual connection identifier and a transfer target network interface and/or a quality of service, a connection identifier analysis unit for determining a transfer target network interface and/or a quality of service for a datagram entered from one virtual connection, by referring to the memory according to a virtual connection identifier of that one virtual connection. The datagram can be transferred to the determined transfer target network interface, while applying a priority control for datagrams to be transferred by the router device according to the determined quality of service.
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