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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2007
Stephen R. Calvert, Bath, GB;
Peter J. Legg, Swindon, GB;
Mark Latham, Chippenham, GB;
Wireless Technology Solutions LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A communication network element comprises traffic scheduler logic capable of scheduling transmission of a first category of queued traffic across a backhaul interface in accordance with a rate control value. The communication network element further comprises traffic manager logic capable of scheduling transmission of a second category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with a determined backhaul bandwidth allocation, the backhaul bandwidth allocation being based on a determination of available bandwidth across the backhaul interface not required for scheduled first category traffic.