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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2010
Applicant:
Jeffrey Howe, West Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Jeffrey Howe, West Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
ARRIS Enterprises, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/823 (2013.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/841 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/326 (2013.01); H04L 43/0852 (2013.01); H04L 43/16 (2013.01); H04L 47/10 (2013.01); H04L 47/283 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus used to determine whether to discard a network packet based upon the latency exhibited by an associated a network packet queue. Network devices can include a queue management module operable to identify a latency metric in network packet queues and determine whether the latency metric renders the network packet queue eligible for discarding packets based upon, for example, a latency policy.