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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2016
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Robert Briscoe, London, GB;
Philip Eardley, London, GB;
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, London, GB;
Abstract
The invention includes a network node, and a method of controlling the network node in a data packet network, wherein the method comprising the steps of: receiving a first data packet from a first external network node; analysing the first data packet to determine if it is of a class of service deemed to be queuable or unqueuable; and, if it is queuable, sending the first data packet to a second external node via an intermediate node, wherein the first data packet is reclassified to be of the unqueuable class of service such that the intermediate node should not forward the first data packet to the second external network node if a packet queue exists at the intermediate node.