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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2007
Charles F. Barry, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tian Shen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Feng F. Pan, San Jose, CA (US);
Meenakshi Subramanian, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Hank P. Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Charles F. Barry, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tian Shen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Feng F. Pan, San Jose, CA (US);
Meenakshi Subramanian, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Hank P. Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Brilliant Telecommunications, Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are described for forwarding of packets with controlled delay. In one embodiment, the invention includes controlled delay queuing logic to hold a packet in a first class for a queuing time of at least a controlled delay value, and scheduling logic to determine whether to delay transmission of a packet in a second class to allow the transmission of the packet in the first class when the queuing time reaches the controlled delay value.