Patent ID: 7149222
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for processing communication in a device operating in a first mode, the device having a first interface and a second interface, comprising: accepting data packets at the first interface; controlling a rate of arrival of the data packets at the first interface, the first interface configured to enable bi-directional communication, the controlling including sending control information from the device to at least one of a plurality of other devices to effect the rate of arrival; for each accepted packet, identifying one of a plurality of classes of data flows associated with said packet; for at least some of the accepted packets, queuing said packets according to the identified class for said packet; and transmitting the accepted packets through the second interface, the second interface configured to enable bi-directional communication, the transmitting and the controlling both being in accordance with a policy associated with the plurality of classes of data flows.