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Deficit and group round robin scheduling for efficient network traffic management

US7898953B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 15, 2009
Grant dateMar 1, 2011
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L47/10
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Data traffic is scheduled by, in a first scheduler, selecting a source of traffic from a plurality of sources of traffic, each source being associated with a second scheduler, in a second scheduler associated with the selected source of traffic, selecting a type of traffic from a plurality of types of traffic within the source selected by the first scheduler, and transmitting data of the selected type and source. Scheduling data traffic apparatus and method using deficit and group ratio round robin budgeting.

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