Patent ID: 8879387

Claim:
A method implemented by a computing device, the method comprising: receiving, by the computing device, a packet provided in a wireless access network; responsive to receiving the packet, performing at least one of: determining, by the computing device, a receiving port of the computing device that received the packet, determining, by the computing device, a transmission port that transmitted the received packet, or determining, by the computing device, a size of the received packet; determining, by the computing device, in response to receiving the packet whether the received packet is a payload packet or an acknowledgment (Ack) packet, wherein the determining is based on at least one of: the receiving port the transmission port, or the size of the received packet; allocating, by the computing device and when the received packet is an acknowledgement packet, the acknowledgment packet to an expedited priority queue; allocating, by the computing device and when the received packet is a payload packet, the payload packet to a regular priority queue; and delivering, by the computing device, one or more acknowledgment packets provided in the expedited priority queue prior to delivering one or more payload packets provided in the regular priority queue.