Granted Patent B2

US 12,244,503 · App. 17/144,637 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Inventors: Vivek Viswanathan Iyer (Austin, TX); Dileep Kumar Soma (Austin, TX)

Assignee: Dell Products L.P.

H04L47/24H04L47/821

Abstract

Claims (45)

1. A method for managing traffic associated with a host information handling system, comprising:

aggregating, by the host information handling system, a plurality of packets for transmission from the host information handling system to a plurality of client information handling systems;

assigning, by the host information handling system, a priority value to each of the plurality of packets;

determining, by the host information handling system, that an aggregate size of the plurality of packets exceeds a threshold size;

selecting, by the host information handling system, a subset of the plurality of packets for transmission to the plurality of client information handling systems based, at least in part, on the assigned priority values of each of the plurality of packets, wherein selecting the subset of the plurality of packets for transmission comprises determining the subset of the plurality of packets with a highest aggregate priority value while maintaining an aggregate size of the subset of the plurality of packets less than or equal to an uplink capacity of the host information handling system;

transmitting, by the host information handling system, the selected subset of the plurality of packets to the plurality of client information handling systems; and

pushing, by the host information handling system, the packets of the plurality of packets that are not in the selected subset to a buffer of the host information handling system for transmission after transmission of the selected subset.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that an aggregate size of the plurality of packets exceeds a threshold size comprises:

assigning a size value to each of the plurality of packets based, at least in part, on a length of each of the plurality of packets;

determining a sum of the size values of each of the plurality of packets; and

determining that the sum is greater than the threshold size, wherein the threshold size is set based, at least in part, on an uplink capacity of the host information handling system.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the host information handling system comprises a wireless dock.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the priority value is assigned to each of the packets based, at least in part, on a type of data in each of the packets.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the host information handling system, a number of the plurality of client information handling systems connected to the host information handling system; and

allocating, by the host information handling system, a downlink bandwidth to each of the plurality of client information handling systems based, at least in part, on the number of client information handling systems connected to the host information handling system and a downlink bandwidth of the host information handling system.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the host information handling system, a signal indicating the allocated downlink bandwidth to each of the plurality of client information handling systems on an out of band communication channel.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

assigning, by the host information handling system, priority levels to each of the plurality of client information handling systems based, at least in part, on an amount of downlink bandwidth used by each of the plurality of client information handling systems during a time period,

wherein allocating the downlink bandwidth to each of the plurality of client information handling systems is further based, at least in part, on the assigned priority levels.

8. An information handling system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory,

wherein the processor is further configured to perform steps comprising:

aggregating a plurality of packets for transmission from the information handling system to a plurality of client information handling systems;

assigning a priority value to each of the plurality of packets;

determining that an aggregate size of the plurality of packets exceeds a threshold size;

selecting a subset of the plurality of packets for transmission to the plurality of client information handling systems based, at least in part, on the assigned priority values of each of the plurality of packets, wherein selecting the subset of the plurality of packets for transmission comprises determining the subset of the plurality of packets with a highest aggregate priority value while maintaining a size of the subset of the plurality of packets less than or equal to an uplink capacity of the information handling system;

transmitting the selected subset of the plurality of packets to the plurality of client information handling systems; and

pushing the packets of the plurality of packets that are not in the selected subset to a buffer of the information handling system for transmission after transmission of the selected subset.

9. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein determining that an aggregate size of the plurality of packets exceeds a threshold size comprises:

assigning a size value to each of the plurality of packets based, at least in part, on a length of each of the plurality of packets;

determining a sum of the size values of each of the plurality of packets; and

determining that the sum is greater than a threshold size, wherein the threshold size is set based, at least in part, on an uplink capacity of the information handling system.

10. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the information handling system comprises a wireless dock.

11. The information handling system of claim 9 , wherein the priority value is assigned to each of the packets based, at least in part, on a type of data in each of the packets.

12. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform steps comprising:

determining a number of the plurality of client information handling systems connected to the information handling system; and

allocating a downlink bandwidth to each of the plurality of client information handling systems based, at least in part, on the number of client information handling systems connected to the information handling system and a downlink bandwidth of the information handling system.

13. The information handling system of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform steps comprising:

transmitting a signal indicating the allocated downlink bandwidth to each of the plurality of client information handling systems on one or more out of band communication channels.

14. The information handling system of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform steps comprising:

assigning priority levels to each of the plurality of client information handling systems based, at least in part, on an amount of downlink bandwidth used by each of the plurality of client information handling systems during a time period,

wherein allocating the downlink bandwidth to each of the plurality of client information handling systems is further based, at least in part, on the assigned priority levels.

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