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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2013
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Ingemar Johansson, Luleå, SE;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A flow management method comprises receiving () of incoming downlink packets. The received downlink packets are classified () in sub-flows, based on information that is available in a header of respective such received downlink packet. The downlink packets of each sub-flow are queued () in a respective sub-flow queue. Downlink packets are extracted () from the sub-flow queues into a common outgoing flow. A sub-flow queue from which no downlink packets yet have been extracted is prioritized (). The extraction comprises assigning of an indicator of last service occasion to each sub-flow queue when a predetermined amount of data has been extracted from said sub-flow queue. When no prioritized sub-flow queues are present, the sub-flow queue with the earliest last service is selected. When a prioritized sub-flow queue is present, the prioritized subflow queue is selected. The downlink packets of the common outgoing flow are sent ().