Reducing latency of at least one stream that is associated with at least one bandwidth reservation

An apparatus comprising:

• circuitry capable of determining, at least in part, that transmission, at least in part, of at least one frame having a relatively higher transmission priority is to be delayed in favor of transmitting at least one other frame having a relatively lower transmission priority relative to the relatively higher transmission priority, the at least one other frame belonging to at least one packet stream that is associated with at least one bandwidth reservation, the transmission of the at least one frame having been previously selected to occur prior to the transmitting of the at least one other frame, the at least one bandwidth reservation being made, at least in part, with involvement of at least one process residing, at least in part, in a network administrator.

Non-transitory computer-readable memory storing one or more instructions that when executed by a machine result in performance of operations comprising:

• determining, at least in part, by circuitry that transmission, at least in part, of at least one frame having a relatively higher transmission priority is to be delayed in favor of transmitting at least one other frame having a relatively lower transmission priority relative to the relatively higher transmission priority, the at least one other frame belonging to at least one packet stream that is associated with at least one bandwidth reservation, the transmission of the at least one frame having been previously selected to occur prior to the transmitting of the at least one other frame, the at least one bandwidth reservation being made, at least in part, with involvement of at least one process residing, at least in part, in a network administrator.

A method comprising:

• determining, at least in part, by circuitry that transmission, at least in part, of at least one frame having a relatively higher transmission priority is to be delayed in favor of transmitting at least one other frame having a relatively lower transmission priority relative to the relatively higher transmission priority, the at least one other frame belonging to at least one packet stream that is associated with at least one bandwidth reservation, the transmission of the at least one frame having been previously selected to occur prior to the transmitting of the at least one other frame, the at least one bandwidth reservation being made, at least in part, with involvement of at least one process residing, at least in part, in a network administrator.