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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Michael Kounavis, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Alok Kumar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Raj Yavatkar, Portland, OR (US);
Michael Kounavis, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Alok Kumar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Raj Yavatkar, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for sorting packets by packet schedulers using a connected trie data structure is described. According to one embodiment of the invention, the packet scheduler receives a packet on a network and assigns the packet a time stamp value. The packet is inserted into a trie data structure that represents a scheduling horizon and includes a plurality of packets. The packet scheduler transmits the packet over the network based on its sorted order within the trie data structure.