Patent ID: 7843939
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: assigning, in an interface device, a first identifier to a first unit of information and a second identifier to a second unit of information, wherein the first and second identifiers identify flows associated with the first and second units of information, respectively, and wherein the first and second identifiers comprise distinct Virtual Channel Identifier (VCI) and Virtual Path Identifier (VPI) pairs; segmenting, in the interface device, each of the first and second units of information into a plurality of first and second subunits, respectively; appending, in the interface device, the first identifier for the first unit of information to the plurality of first subunits, and the second identifier for the second unit of information to the plurality of second subunits; and storing, in the interface device, the plurality of first and second subunits in a common output queue such that the plurality of first subunits for the first unit of information are not interleaved with the plurality of second subunits for the second unit of information.