Patent ID: 9544239
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a first component, a first packet complying with a first network protocol, the first packet comprising a first congestion indicator representative of a presence or absence of network congestion associated with a second component configured to output packets complying with the first network protocol, the first packet further comprising a first set of data associated with a second network protocol; decapsulating, based on the first network protocol, the first packet to obtain the first set of data; and outputting, based on the second network protocol and by the first component, a second packet complying with the second network protocol, the second packet including the first set of data and a second congestion indicator representative of the presence or absence of network congestion based, at least in part, on the first congestion indicator, wherein the second congestion indicator is different from the first congestion indicator.