Granted Patent B2

US 8,351,330 · App. 12/372,682 · Granted Jan 8, 2013

Abstract

Claims (23)

1. A method for management of Internet Protocol (IP) traffic, comprising:

(a) receiving an uplink data packet associated with a connection of a plurality of connections;

(b) assigning a weight to the uplink data packet based on a priority strength coefficient indicative of the aggressiveness of prioritization of the plurality of connections;

(c) updating a debt associated with the connection based on the weight assigned to the uplink data packet;

(d) prioritizing the connections based on the debt associated with each of the one or more connections, such that a skip count, indicative of packet priority, is determined as:

Skip Count=[(current queue count)*(current packet route debt)*(priority strength coefficient)/(max debt amount all routes)]/256; and

(e) processing packets in the one or more connections based on the prioritizing.

2. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory unit communicatively connected to the processor and including:

(a) computer code for receiving an uplink data packet associated with a connection of a plurality of connections;

(b) computer code for assigning a weight to the uplink data packet based on a priority strength coefficient that is indicative of the aggressiveness of prioritization of the plurality of connections;

(c) computer code for updating a debt associated with the connection based on the weight assigned to the uplink data packet;

(d) computer code for prioritizing the connections based on the debt associated with each of the one or more connections and for determining a skip count, indicative of packet priority, as:

Skip Count=[(current queue count)*(current packet route debt)*(priority strength coefficient)/(max debt amount all routes)]/256; and

(e) computer code for processing packets in the one or more connections based on the prioritizing.

3. A computer program product, embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising:

(a) computer code for receiving an uplink data packet associated with a connection of a plurality of connections;

(b) computer code for assigning a weight to the uplink data packet based on a priority strength coefficient that is indicative of the aggressiveness of prioritization of the plurality of connections;

(c) computer code for updating a debt associated with the connection based on the weight assigned to the uplink data packet;

(d) computer code for prioritizing the connections based on the debt associated with each of the one or more connections and for determining a skip count, indicative of packet priority, as:

Skip Count=[(current queue count)*(current packet route debt)*(priority strength coefficient)/(max debt amount all routes)]/256; and

(e) computer code for processing packets in the one or more connections based on the prioritizing.

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