Patent · US Expired

Secure network architecture with quality of service

US7283561B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 12, 1997
Grant dateOct 16, 2007
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2463/121
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a wide area network arrangement composed of some number of secure local networks and an Internet service provider (ISP) back-bone, LAN hosts are able to indirectly access network routers, through an ISP quality of service (QoS) module, to request that information transmitted during certain specified sessions be given priority treatment by the network.

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