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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2004
Steven Faulkner, Cary, NC (US);
Sonny Tran, Fremont, CA (US);
Yie-fong Dan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for reducing the average delay associated with sending a packet from one environment to another via a store and forward buffer are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for processing transmission units received over a first network connection includes receiving a first transmission unit on the first network connection, storing the first transmission unit in a buffer, and determining when contents of the buffer meet a plurality of criteria. The method also includes sending a backpressure over the first network connection when it is determined that the contents of the buffer meet the plurality of criteria. In one embodiment, determining when the contents of the buffer meet a plurality of criteria includes determining when the contents of the buffer are of an amount that exceeds a threshold and determining when the contents of the buffer include at least one full packet.