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Mechanism for dispatching packets via a telecommunications network

  • US 6,473,425 B1
  • Filed: 10/02/1997
  • Issued: 10/29/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A mechanism for dispatching a sequence of packets via a telecommunications network, said dispatch mechanism comprising:

  • a queue for packets for transmission; and

    a queue controller responsive to receipt of a new packet for transmission to compare flow parameters of said new packet to flow parameters of a packet already in said queue regardless of the location of said packet already in said queue, said queue controller determining whether to queue or to drop said new packet depending on the result of said comparison(s) wherein the flow parameters include source and destination parameters.

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