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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Rajat Ghai, Sandwich, MA (US);
Jim Towey, Sandwich, MA (US);
Inventors:
Rajat Ghai, Sandwich, MA (US);
Jim Towey, Sandwich, MA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for reducing latency in call setup and teardown are provided. A network device with integrated functionalities and a cache is provided that stores policy information to reduce the amount of signaling that is necessary to setup and teardown sessions. By handling various aspects of the setup and teardown within a network device, latency is reduced and the amount of bandwidth needed for setup signaling is also reduced.