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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
May. 05, 2000
Applicant:
David Cotter, Ipswich, GB;
Inventor:
David Cotter, Ipswich, GB;
Assignee:
British Telecommunications public limited company, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a communications network, a node receives a transit packet. The priority assigned to the transit packet is determined and when it has a low priority then the transit packet is removed and a higher priority packet is inserted in the resulting vacancy.