Adaptive flow prioritization
US9985910B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 2016 |
| Grant date | May 29, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/253
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for communication includes receiving and forwarding packets in multiple flows to respective egress interfaces of a switching element for transmission to a network. For each of one or more of the egress interfaces, in each of a succession of arbitration cycles, a respective number of the packets in each of the plurality of the flows that are queued for transmission through the egress interface is assessed, and the flows for which the respective number is zero are assigned to a first group, while the flows for which the respective number is non-zero are assigned to a second group. The received packets that have been forwarded to the egress interface and belong to the flows in the first group are transmitted with a higher priority than the flows in the second group.
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