Patent ID: 7933298
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a first Ethernet port to communicate with a second Ethernet port of a first communication device; a third Ethernet port to communicate with a fourth Ethernet port of a second communication device; a fifth Ethernet port to receive Ethernet frames; and a switching portion to direct nth ones of the Ethernet frames to a first queue associated with the second Ethernet port, direct n−1 Ethernet frames preceding each of the nth ones of the Ethernet frames to a second queue associated with the fourth Ethernet port, and select a value of n based on a ratio of a first non-zero data rate of the first communication device for a first communication link in a first direction and a second non-zero data rate of the second communication device for a second communication link in the first direction, and based on a remaining capacity of the first queue.