Wireless data packet classification of an identified flow of data packets
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1. A method of classifying data packets comprising:
- identifying, by a wireless access node, a flow of data packets based on source and destination addresses of the data packets, the wireless access node comprising a plurality of flows of data packets;
classifying, by the wireless access node, data packets of the identified flow of data packets as requiring a predetermined quality of service, comprising;
determining if the identified flow of data packets comprise an inter-arrival time less than a first inter-arrival threshold;
whereinif the wireless access node classifies the data packets of the identified flow of data packets as requiring the predetermined quality of service, then selecting, by the wireless access node, at least one of a plurality of node interfaces based on the classification of the data packets of the identified flow of data packets, and performance characteristics of the node interfaces, and forwarding, by the wireless access node, the classified data packets over the at least one selected node interface.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of classifying data packets is disclosed. One method includes a wireless access node identifying a flow of data packets based on source and destination addresses of the data packets. The wireless access node classifies the data packets of the identified flow of data packets as requiring a predetermined quality of service by determining if the identified flow of data packets comprise an inter-arrival time less than a first inter-arrival threshold.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of classifying data packets comprising:
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identifying, by a wireless access node, a flow of data packets based on source and destination addresses of the data packets, the wireless access node comprising a plurality of flows of data packets; classifying, by the wireless access node, data packets of the identified flow of data packets as requiring a predetermined quality of service, comprising; determining if the identified flow of data packets comprise an inter-arrival time less than a first inter-arrival threshold;
whereinif the wireless access node classifies the data packets of the identified flow of data packets as requiring the predetermined quality of service, then selecting, by the wireless access node, at least one of a plurality of node interfaces based on the classification of the data packets of the identified flow of data packets, and performance characteristics of the node interfaces, and forwarding, by the wireless access node, the classified data packets over the at least one selected node interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of classifying data packets comprising:
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identifying, by a wireless access node, a flow of data packets based on source and destination addresses of the data packets, the wireless access node comprising a plurality of flows of data packets; classifying, by the wireless access node, data packets of the identified flow of data packets as requiring a predetermined quality of service, comprising; determining if the identified flow of data packets comprises data packets having a size less than a first packet size threshold;
whereinif the wireless access node classifies the data packets of the identified flow of data packets as requiring the predetermined quality of service, then the selecting, by the wireless access node, at least one of a plurality of node interfaces based on the classification of the data packets of the identified flow of data packets, and performance characteristics of the node interfaces, and forwarding, by the wireless access node, the classified data packets over the at least one selected node interface. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A wireless access node that classifies data packets, comprising:
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means for identifying a flow of data packets based on source and destination addresses of the data packets, the wireless access node comprising a plurality of flows of data packets; means for classifying data packets of the identified flow of data packets as requiring a predetermined quality of service, comprising; means for determining if the identified flow of data packets comprise an inter-arrival time less than a first inter-arrival threshold; wherein if the data packets of the identified flow of data packets are classified as requiring the predetermined quality of service, then the wireless access node is operative to select at least one of a plurality of node interfaces based on the classification of the data packets of the identified flow of data packets, and performance characteristics of the node interfaces, and the wireless access node is operative to forward the classified data packets over the at least one selected node interface.
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