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Network-aware adapter for applications

US7920478B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

Nortel Networks Limited · CA

Inventors

Nalin Mistry · Ottawa, CA
Wayne Ding · Ottawa, CA
Zhonghui Yao · Nanhu, CN

Key dates

Filing date	May 8, 2008
Grant date	Apr 5, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 5, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W24/00
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Streams of data traffic from various applications may be handled by a network-aware adapter module as part of a greater platform for filtering communicating the streams to intelligent network components. A distinguishing factor associated with a given data stream may be determined and used as a basis for selecting a QoS policy setting for the given data stream. The selected QoS policy setting may then be signaled to a media access control layer to take advantage of the QoS function of the embedded underlying active media type that is active and optimal (both from technical and business perspective) to carry out the communication for the application.

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