Router device and network system using the same
US6292489A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 6, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 6, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/805
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A router device facilitates management of connection of a manager and assures communication quality of each of the connections. The router device determines a communication quality required by the communication of the packet in reference to a protocol information, an application acknowledging information and a priority information, transmits the control packet having the determined communication quality set therein to another router device contained in the same connection and further performs a traffic control (a preferential processing of a packet or the like) satisfying a communication quality indicated by the transmitted or received control packet in respect to the packet of the aforesaid connection.
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