Patent ID: 9237106
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: H04L,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing quality of service (QoS) for a stream of protocol data units, the method comprising: (a) receiving, by a device via a single transport layer connection, a plurality of packets carrying a plurality of protocol data units, each protocol data unit of the plurality of protocol data units identifying a priority, at least one or more of the plurality of protocol data units comprising a first priority different than a second priority of other protocol data units of the plurality of protocol data units; (b) determining, by the device, an average priority for a plurality of protocol data units within a predetermined window of protocol data units of the plurality of protocol data units; (c) assigning, by the device, the average priority as a connection priority of the single transport layer connection; and (d) transmitting, by the device via the single transport layer connection, the plurality of packets carrying those protocol data units within the predetermined window of protocol data units while the connection priority of the single transport layer connection is assigned the average priority for the predetermined window of protocol data units.