Patent ID: 9742869
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for scheduling access requests for a shared resource, the method comprising: assigning a first client to a first service class upon determining that the first client operates according to a first performance characteristic; receiving a first access request for the shared resource from the first client; storing the first access request in a first queue that corresponds to the first service class; assigning a second client to a second service class upon determining that the second client operates according to a second performance characteristic; receiving a second access request for the shared resource from the second client; storing the second access request in a second queue that corresponds to the second service class; determining that access requests issued by clients assigned to the second service class should be serviced before access requests issued by clients assigned to the first service class; and scheduling the second access request to be serviced by the shared resource before the first access request is serviced by the shared resource.