Patent ID: 6426943
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A process for flexibly connecting between a receive physical path and a transmit physical path the flow of data packets, said process comprising:(a) receiving a data packet on said receive physical path; (b) determining whether said data packet is part of a flow initiated in a previously received data packet; (i) if not, then adding the number of data bytes of said currently received data packet to a count of the total number of data bytes received as part of a new flow; (ii) if so, then adding the number of data bytes of said currently received data packet to a count of the total number of data bytes counted as part of said previously initiated flow; (c) determining whether the total counts of the number of data bytes received resulting from said adding steps exceeds a given threshold; (i) if not, then applying a first quality of service sequence for transmission; (ii) if so, then applying a second quality of service sequence for transmission; and (d) transmitting data packets that are part of said flow according to said applied quality of service sequence.