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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2020
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Andrea Francini, Providence, NJ (US);
Larry Hsiao Chang, Madison, NJ (US);
Sameerkumar Sharma, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
Various example embodiments for supporting packet scheduling in packet networks are presented. Various example embodiments for supporting packet scheduling in packet networks may be configured to support scheduling-as-a-service. Various example embodiments for supporting packet scheduling in packet networks based on scheduling-as-a-service may be configured to support a virtualized packet scheduler which may be provided as a service over a general-purpose hardware platform, may be instantiated in customer hardware, or the like, as well as various combinations thereof. Various example embodiments for supporting packet scheduling in packet networks may be configured to support scheduling of packets of packet queues based on association of transmission credits with timeslots of a periodic service sequence used to provide service to the packet queues.