Provisioning low latency services in cable television (CATV) networks compliant with low latency DOCSIS (LLD)
AssigneeARRIS Enterprises LLC
InventorsKumara Swamy Tadikavagilu Venkatappa, Parasuram Ranganathan
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes techniques for provisioning low latency services. In an aspect, a method comprises partially mirroring packet flows associated with a latency-sensitive application and passing through one or more network ports of a first network element, partially mirrored packets being mirrored in a second network element. The method further comprises configuring, by the second network element, a third network element to add one or more packet classifiers to traffic flowing through the third network element, the packet classifiers used to reduce latency of the classified traffic.
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A method for provisioning low latency services, the method comprising:
- partially mirroring packet flows associated with a latency-sensitive application and passing through one or more network ports of a first network element, partially mirrored packets being mirrored in a second network element;
- and
- configuring, by the second network element, a third network element to add one or more packet classifiers to traffic flowing through the third network element, the packet classifiers used to reduce latency of the classified traffic.
A low-latency DOCSIS (LLD) agent operatively connected to a router, the router operatively connected to at least one edge device in a communications network, the LLD agent configured to receive partially mirrored packets from the router and to use the partially mirrored packets to instruct the at least one edge device to selectively add classifiers to a subset of packets propagated onto the communications network, the classifiers used by the network to reduce the latency of the classified subset of packets.
An apparatus for provisioning low latency services, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- at least one processor communicatively coupled with the memory and configured to:
- partially mirror packet flows associated with a latency-sensitive application and passing through one or more network ports of a first network element, partially mirrored packets being mirrored in a second network element;
- and
- configure a third network element to add one or more packet classifiers to traffic flowing through the third network element, the packet classifiers used to reduce latency of the classified traffic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.