Prioritizing network traffic

Abstract

Methods and systems for operation upon one or more data processors for prioritizing transmission among a plurality of data streams based upon a classification associated with the data packets associated with each of the plurality of data streams, respectively. Systems and methods can operate to allocate bandwidth to priority data streams first and recursively allocate remaining bandwidth to lesser priority data streams based upon the priority associated with those respective lesser priority data streams.

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technical field [0001] This document relates generally to systems and methods for handling communications, and more particularly to systems and methods for prioritizing network traffic. Background technique [0002] Internet connectivity has become central to many everyday activities. For example, millions of people around the world use the Internet for various bill paying and banking functions. Countless more people use the Internet for shopping, entertainment, news, and countless other purposes. Also, many businesses rely on the Internet to communicate with suppliers and customers, and to provide a resource pool to their employees. [0003] However, a large amount of traffic carried by the Internet is relatively unimportant or not time critical. For example, email is usually not time sensitive. Therefore, it usually makes no difference whether an email is delivered instantly or delayed by an hour. Such unimportant communication traffic has the potential to delay and / o...

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Such unimportant traffic has the potential to delay and / or disrupt more important traffic

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