Patent ID: 6810426
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for limiting latency for latency-critical network traffic, comprising:receiving at a queue structure a plurality of data packets associated with at least one source, wherein said queue structure comprises a plurality of queues, and wherein each queue of said plurality of queues is ranked in said queue structure; identifying an attribute associated with one of said plurality of data packets; determining a queue of said plurality of queues to receive said one of said plurality of data packets, wherein said queue is identified based upon said attribute, and wherein said queue is ranked in said queue structure based at least in part upon said attribute; placing said one of said plurality of data packets into said queue; and dequeuing said one of said plurality of data packets from said queue structure based at least in part upon the rank of said queue in said queue structure.