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Fair round robin scheduler for network systems

US7817640B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 31, 2004
Grant dateOct 19, 2010
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Expiry dateOct 14, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L47/527
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A scheduler for use in a computer network system which provides an order 1 level of complexity, while maintaining proportional fairness and a constant normalized worst-case fair index to create short term and long-term fairness among backlogged flows. The scheduler utilizes an intra-class scheduling algorithm to obtain the benefits of a round robin scheduler and an inter-class scheduling algorithm to obtain the benefits of timestamp based scheduler.

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