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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2009
Applicant:
Matthew Carlisle, Sammamish, WA (US);
Inventor:
Matthew Carlisle, Sammamish, WA (US);
Assignee:
Novatel Wireless, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for management of Internet Protocol (IP) traffic comprises (a) receiving an uplink data packet associated with a connection of a plurality of connections; (b) assigning a weight to the uplink data packet; (c) updating a debt associated with the connection based on the weight assigned to the uplink data packet; (d) prioritizing the connections based on the debt associated with each of the one or more connections; and (e) processing packets in the one or more connections based on the prioritizing.