Sequencing packets from multiple threads
US8379647B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 23, 2007 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/74
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A device may reserve a slot for a received packet in a packet ordering queue (POQ), convey the packet to one of a plurality of threads for processing, obtain the packet from the one of the plurality of threads after the packet has been processed, organize the packet in the POQ in accordance with a position of the reserved slot, and release the packet from the POQ if the reserved slot is a head of the POQ.
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