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Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009

Filed:

Aug. 12, 2003
Applicants:

John Wishneusky, Fitzwilliam, NH (US);

Sanjeev Jain, Shrewsbury, MA (US);

David Romano, Cumberland, RI (US);

Inventors:

John Wishneusky, Fitzwilliam, NH (US);

Sanjeev Jain, Shrewsbury, MA (US);

David Romano, Cumberland, RI (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus for scheduling packets using a pre-sort deficit round-robin method. Scheduling decisions for packets are made when packets are received, and entries for the received packets are stored in a pre-sorted scheduling array. A packet is transmitted by dequeuing the packet from the pre-sorted scheduling array.


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