Patent ID: 7962649
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a computer processor; a prioritizer to prioritize Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) requests received from a set of cable modems, the prioritizer being configured to: parse a DHCP request to identify a cable modem characteristic in the DHCP request; and assign a priority to the DHCP request based, at least in part, on the cable modem characteristic; a plurality of prioritized queues to store DHCP requests, and wherein the DHCP request is assigned to a particular prioritized queue based on the assigned priority for the DHCP request; and a flow control logic to control, by operation of the computer processor, an order in which DHCP requests are provided to a DHCP server, where the order is controlled by a priority schedule specifying an order for transmitting DHCP requests from each of the prioritized queues to the DHCP server based on a respective priority value for each of the plurality of prioritized queues.