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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2004
Applicants:
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joseph F. Khouri, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael E. Knappe, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joseph F. Khouri, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael E. Knappe, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04J 3/14 (2006.01); G08C 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for interleaving time-critical packets and lower-priority packets onto a common data link. A packet arrival prediction mechanism predicts when a time-critical packet is expected to arrive. When transmission of a waiting lower-priority packet might cause a substantial delay in the expected time-critical packet's transmission, the lower-priority packet is parked until it can be transmitted without interfering with a time-critical packet.