Patent Document ID: 20120170459
Application ID: 12982585
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for managing packets, comprising: identifying a first plurality of packets from a first packet source having a first weight; identifying a second plurality of packets from a second packet source having a second weight, wherein the first weight exceeds the second weight; obtaining a first weight ratio based on the first weight and the second weight; obtaining a first augmented subsequence factor based on the first weight and the second weight; assembling a first regular subsequence of packets using a first packet from the second packet source and a first set of packets from the first packet source, wherein the first set of packets has a cardinality equal to the first weight ratio; assembling a first augmented subsequence of packets using a second packet from the second packet source and a second set of packets from the first packet source, wherein the second set of packets has a cardinality equal to the first weight ratio plus one; and forwarding a first sequence of packets comprising a first set of regular subsequences including the first regular subsequence and a first set of augmented subsequences including the first augmented subsequence, wherein the first set of augmented subsequences has a cardinality based on the first augmented subsequence factor.