US Patent 7590061 Apparatus and method of controlled delay packet forwarding

Patent 7590061 was granted and assigned to Brilliant Telecommunications on September, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Brilliant Telecommunications

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7590061

Date of Patent

September 15, 2009

Patent Application Number

11843493

Date Filed

August 22, 2007

Patent Primary Examiner

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Gregory B Sefcheck

Patent abstract

An apparatus and method are described for forwarding of packets with controlled delay. In one embodiment, the invention includes controlled delay queuing logic to hold a packet in a first class for a queuing time of at least a controlled delay value, and scheduling logic to determine whether to delay transmission of a packet in a second class to allow the transmission of the packet in the first class when the queuing time reaches the controlled delay value.