System and method for conveying priority associated with a communication among a plurality of networks
US7864783B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 10, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for conveying priority associated with a communication conveyed among networks includes: (a) a first network originating the communication in packets; each respective packet including two segments; a first segment containing a portion of the communication in information payload bits in a first encoding scheme; a second segment containing overhead information relating to the packet in overhead bits in a second encoding scheme; a number of the overhead bits being configured to indicate the priority; and (b) a second network cooperating with the first network to alter encoding of the first segment of a selected packet-set to express the information payload bits in a third encoding scheme that is unreadable in the second network; the second network employing the priority-indicating bits to ascertain priority for handling the communication by the second network; the second network preempting lower priority resources to reserve resources for higher priority packet-sets.
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