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Integrated access point network device

  • US 7,149,222 B2
  • Filed: 12/05/2000
  • Issued: 12/12/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for processing communication in a device operating in a first mode, the device having a first interface and a second interface, comprising:

  • accepting data packets at the first interface;

    controlling a rate of arrival of the data packets at the first interface, the first interface configured to enable bi-directional communication, the controlling including sending control information from the device to at least one of a plurality of other devices to effect the rate of arrival;

    for each accepted packet, identifying one of a plurality of classes of data flows associated with said packet;

    for at least some of the accepted packets, queuing said packets according to the identified class for said packet; and

    transmitting the accepted packets through the second interface, the second interface configured to enable bi-directional communication, the transmitting and the controlling both being in accordance with a policy associated with the plurality of classes of data flows.

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