Transmission control protocol queue sorting
US7876677B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 22, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 17, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/624
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A device that queues and transmits data packets is described. This device includes: a queue configured to store data packets awaiting transmission; a controller configured to dynamically determine an order in which the data packets are transmitted from the queue; and a transmission mechanism configured to transmit the data packets from the queue in the determined order. The transmission order is determined using Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) sequence numbers and/or TCP timestamps contained in the data packets in the queue in order to provide increased utility without reducing existing fairness between independent data streams.
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