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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2009
Mohamed Khalid, Cary, NC (US);
Sunil Cherukuri, Morrisville, NC (US);
Haseeb Sarwar Niazi, Morrisville, NC (US);
Muhammad Afaq Khan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mohamed Khalid, Cary, NC (US);
Sunil Cherukuri, Morrisville, NC (US);
Haseeb Sarwar Niazi, Morrisville, NC (US);
Muhammad Afaq Khan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a first network device receives a priority message from a second network device, wherein the priority message conforms to a connection establishment protocol and indicates a priority associated with the second network device. The first network device obtains the priority from the priority message and stores the priority. The first network device allocates resources for at least one of control or data plane processing to the second network device in accordance with the priority.