Method and system for queue management in a packet-switched network
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsKoen DE SCHEPPER, Ing-Jyh TSANG
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Abstract
A method for queue management in a packet-switched network including at an intermediate node receiving first packets belonging to a first class associated with a first queue management mechanism and second packets belonging to a second class associated with a second queue management mechanism; marking or dropping of the first packets in accordance with the first queue management mechanism and marking or dropping of the second packets in accordance with the second queue management mechanism; and coupling the marking or dropping of the second packets to the marking or dropping of the first packets.
Claims15
A method for queue management in a packet-switched network comprising one or more intermediate network nodes, the method comprising at an intermediate node:
- receiving first packets belonging to a first class associated with a first queue management mechanism and second packets belonging to a second class associated with a second queue management mechanism;
- marking or dropping of the first packets in accordance with the first queue management mechanism and marking or dropping of the second packets in accordance with the second queue management mechanism;
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- coupling the marking or dropping of the second packets to the marking or dropping of the first packets.
A system for queue management in a packet-switched network, the system comprising a receiving module for receiving first packets belonging to a first class associated with a first queue management mechanism and second packets belonging to a second class associated with a second queue management mechanism;
- said system being configured for marking or dropping of the first packets in accordance with the first queue management mechanism and for marking or dropping of the second packets in accordance with the second queue management mechanism;
- and for coupling the marking or dropping of the second packets to the marking or dropping of the first packets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.