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Remote access server for multiple service classes in IP networks

  • US 6,587,433 B1
  • Filed: 02/10/1999
  • Issued: 07/01/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/25/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A network access server implementing differentiated classes of service, the network access server comprising:

  • a plurality of communication devices receiving connections accessing a network;

    a shared communication bus in communication with the communication devices;

    an egress card in communication with the shared communication bus receiving the connections accessing the network, wherein the connections accessing the network are in a packet format; and

    a process for determining a class of service to mark Internet Protocol packets, wherein the process includes stamping a per hop behavior field within a type-of-service byte of at least one of the Internet Protocol packets, the per hop behavior field indicating the class of service for the Internet Protocol packets.

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