Managing network traffic using floating point format values
US8488449B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 10, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 16, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/901
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique to implement a network traffic management system with an integrated multidimensional floating point sorter is to store data such that it may be retrieved in a sorted fashion. Entries are stored into a memory according to time stamp value, represented in a floating point format, and the time stamp value is divided into at least two portions, exponent and mantissa. The memory is organized as a pointer memory. An integrated multidimensional floating point sorter may be implemented using integrated circuit technology using one or more integrated circuits. These integrated circuits may be used in management of network traffic, and provides quality of service (QoS) or class of service (CoS) control.
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