Managing the quality of service levels (QoS) of network traffic
US9344348B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 9, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 17, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 29, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L61/4511
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network element and method for marking traffic in a packet-switched data network which comprises a distributed hierarchical naming system and the network element. The network element comprises a marking rule store for storing marking rules, in which each marking rule is indicative of a quality of service level allocated to traffic on a connection impinging on the network element. The network element derives from the distributed hierarchical naming system quality of service level data for a connection, stores in the marking rule store a marking rule for the connection based on the retrieved quality of service level data and marks traffic on the connection in accordance with the marking rule.
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