Systems, apparatus and methods facilitating data buffering and removal

A method comprising:

• providing data items in a data management queue for buffering prior to submission to a packet transmission queue for transmission as one or more packets on a communication network to one or more other devices;
• determining an expected arrival time of a data item to another device of the data items stored in the data management queue;
• determining that the expected arrival time is after a defined maximum acceptable arrival time associated with the data item;
• and
• based on the determination that the expected arrival time is after the defined maximum acceptable arrival time, removing the data item form the data management queue such that the data item is not submitted to the packet transmission queue and not transmitted on the communication network.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a device comprising at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

• monitoring data items stored in a data management queue prior to submission of the data items to a packet transmission queue for transmission as one or more packets on a communication network to one or more other devices;
• determining an expected arrival time of a data item to another device of the data items stored in the data management queue;
• determining that the expected arrival time is after a defined latest arrival time for the data item;
• and
• based on the determination that the expected arrival time is after the defined latest arrival time for the data item, removing the data item from the data management queue such that the data item is not submitted to the packet transmission queue and not transmitted on the communication network.

A system comprising:

• a sensor;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to:
• detect a signal from the sensor;
• supply a data item of data items and corresponding to the signal to a data management queue for transmission to another device;
• determine an expected arrival time of a data item to another device of the data items stored in the data management queue;
• determine that the expected arrival time exceeds an acceptable latest arrival time associated with the data item and also associated with a deadline for the data item;
• and
• remove the data item from the data management queue such that the data item is not submitted to a packet transmission queue and not transmitted to a communication network based on the determination that the expected arrival time exceeds the acceptable latest arrival time associated with the data item and also associated with the deadline for the data item.