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Flow-based queuing of network traffic

  • US 8,064,344 B2
  • Filed: 02/16/2010
  • Issued: 11/22/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving, by a device, a packet;

    identifying, by the device, a particular flow, of a plurality of flows, associated with the received packet,where identifying the particular flow includes;

    performing a function, based on information associated with the received packet, to obtain a value, andidentifying the particular flow based on the obtained value;

    determining, by the device, whether a flow queue, of a plurality of flow queues, has been assigned to the particular flow associated with the received packet;

    dynamically assigning, by the device, the particular flow to an available flow queue, of a plurality of available flow queues, when no flow queue has been assigned to the particular flow; and

    enqueuing, by the device, the received packet into the available flow queue after the particular flow has been dynamically assigned to the available flow queue.

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