Patent ID: 7342883
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing network traffic comprising: monitoring quantity of information transmitted over a first time period over a first port of a network device, said first port using a first type of data protocol; comparing said quantity to a value, wherein said value is determined based, at least in part, on monitoring the quantity of information transmitted over a second time period over one or more additional ports of said network device, said one or more additional ports using a second type of data protocol; modifying a processing time assigned to a software thread to cause a change in the quantity of information transmitted by the first port over a subsequent time period in accordance with said comparison; and transmitting signals from the first port over a communication medium, wherein said first port using the first type of data protocol comprises the first type of data protocol as transmission control protocol (TCP) and wherein said one or more additional ports using the second type of data protocol comprises the second type of data protocol including at least one of Ethernet and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM).