Patent ID: 6839794
Filing Date: 2005-01-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method automatically to map a service level to a data stream within an interconnect device, the method including: selecting a plurality of data streams, each of the plurality of data streams being associated with a respective output port of the interconnect device, the plurality of data streams being selected based on (1) an input port of the interconnect device on which a packet is received and (2) a service level associated with the packet; in parallel with the selecting of the plurality of data streams, selecting an output port of the interconnect device to which to transfer the packet from the input port of the interconnect device on which the packet is received; and selecting a data stream, from among the selected plurality of data streams, utilizing the selected output port, the selected data stream being selected as a data stream into which the packet is included for transmission from the selected output port of the interconnect device.