WO2001047186A3 - Bandwidth management system - Google Patents

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WO2001047186A3
WO2001047186A3 PCT/US2000/034901 US0034901W WO0147186A3 WO 2001047186 A3 WO2001047186 A3 WO 2001047186A3 US 0034901 W US0034901 W US 0034901W WO 0147186 A3 WO0147186 A3 WO 0147186A3
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David L Romrell
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Abstract

A method of managing bandwidth including receiving packets on an input port, classifying the packets in a classification engine, processing the packets in a processing engine, queuing the packets in a queuing engine, and scheduling the packets on an output port.
PCT/US2000/034901 1999-12-21 2000-12-21 Bandwidth management system WO2001047186A2 (en)

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