Techniques for enabling packet prioritization without starvation in communications networks
US9742683B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 3, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 16, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/2458
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes determining whether a packet received at a network node in a communications network is a high priority packet; determining whether a low priority queue of the network node has been deemed to be starving; if the packet is a high priority packet and the low priority queue has not been deemed to be starving, adding the packet to a high priority queue, wherein the high priority queue has strict priority over the low priority queue; and if the packet is a high priority packet and the low priority queue has been deemed to be starving, adding the packet to the low priority queue.
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