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Network traffic prioritization

US8005957B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 2010
Grant dateAug 23, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/329
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Prioritizing network traffic among two or more distinct channels of communication within a single application in a node configured to communicate with one or more other nodes over a network is disclosed. For a particular time quantum, a bandwidth quantum may be distributed amongst two or more communication channels according to priorities associated with those channels.

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