Inventors:
Charles F. Barry - Santa Clara CA, US
Tian Shen - Cupertino CA, US
Feng F. Pan - San Jose CA, US
Meenakshi Subramanian - Santa Clara CA, US
Hank P. Nguyen - San Jose CA, US
Assignee:
Brilliant Telecommunications, Inc. - Campbell CA
International Classification:
H04J 3/16
H04J 3/06
H04L 12/54
H04L 12/56
G06F 15/16
US Classification:
370230, 370238, 370412, 370428, 370516, 709232, 709240
Abstract:
An apparatus and method are described for forwarding of packets with controlled delay. In one embodiment, the invention includes controlled delay queuing logic to hold a packet in a first class for a queuing time of at least a controlled delay value, and scheduling logic to determine whether to delay transmission of a packet in a second class to allow the transmission of the packet in the first class when the queuing time reaches the controlled delay value.
