Multi-class data transport

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9071531
APP PUB NO 20130182573A1
SERIAL NO

13876554

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Methods and apparatus for controlling the forwarding of a flow (12) of data units across a network from a sender node (11) to a receiver node (19) via at least one intermediate node (15), the data units each having one of a plurality of different types of class indication associated therewith, each type of class indication providing, to an intermediate node currently processing the data unit with which the class indication is associated, an indication denoting a particular class of treatment, selected from a plurality of different classes of treatment, according to which the data unit is to be processed by that intermediate node, such that different proportions of the data units of the flow are forwarded as different sub-flows each comprising data units having class indications of different types thereby providing indications denoting different classes of treatment.

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  • BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Eardley, Philip L London, GB 7 195
Smith, Alan P London, GB 8 228
Soppera, Andrea London, GB 28 611

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