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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2004
Hieu T. Tran, Portland, OR (US);
Dinesh Kumar, Beaverton, OR (US);
Kiran A. Patil, Beaverton, OR (US);
Linden Cornett, Portland, OR (US);
Hieu T. Tran, Portland, OR (US);
Dinesh Kumar, Beaverton, OR (US);
Kiran A. Patil, Beaverton, OR (US);
Linden Cornett, Portland, OR (US);
Other;
Abstract
A plurality of packets associated with a plurality of protocols are received, wherein the plurality of packets are to be processed by a plurality of processors. Packets associated with a first protocol are sent to be processed by at least one of the plurality of processors before sending packets associated with a second protocol to be processed, in response to determining that the packets associated with the first protocol have a higher priority for processing than the packets associated with the first protocol.