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Preemptive packet transmission

US9660927B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 22, 2015
Grant dateMay 23, 2017
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L47/6215
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein is technology to reduce latency of frames through a network device supporting various priorities. In an implementation, a method comprises configuring one or more priorities with a preemptive right over other one or more of said plurality of priorities; receiving frames in a sequence, each of the frames having a frame priority comprising of one of said plurality of priorities; queuing the received frames in a predetermined order based on a frame arrival time and the frame priority; transmitting a current frame based on a current frame priority and current frame arrival time; stopping transmission of the current frame when a later frame in the sequence is received that has a later frame priority with preemptive right over the current frame priority; transmitting an invalid frame check sequence; transmitting the later frame; and restarting the transmission of the current frame after transmitting the later frame.

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