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Technique for capturing information needed to implement transmission priority routing among heterogeneous nodes of a computer network
Assignee: Cisco Technology Inc
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Filing: 1999-07-14
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Granted: 2000-07-04
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Expires: 2019-07-14
Abstract
Abstract A mechanism conveys information pertaining to transmission priority (TP) levels of inbound packets transmitted over a heterogeneous network from a switching node to a hybrid node of the network. The mechanism comprises a packet-recognizing filter having a format that is generated by the hybrid node and dynamically transmitted to the switching node over a predefined communication channel of the network. The filter enables the switching node to classify the inbound packets and assign them appropriate TP levels.
Inventors
- 👤 Steven H. Berl
- 👤 Ulrica Tam
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 00:10
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L12/00; H04L12/28; H04L12/46; H04L12/4604; H04L47/00; H04L47/10; H04L47/19; H04L47/193; H04L47/24; H04L47/2408; H04L69/00; H04L69/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
84 words
Apparatus for conveying information pertaining to transmission priority (TP) levels of inbound packets transmitted over a heterogeneous network from a switching node, the apparatus comprising: a hybrid node for being coupled to a predefined communication channel for interconnecting the hybrid node and the switching node, the hybrid node being configured to generate a packet-recognizing filter for being transmitted to the switching node over the predefined communication channel, the filter enabling the switching node to classify the inbound packets and assign them appropriate TP levels.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
84 words
Apparatus for conveying information pertaining to transmission priority (TP) levels of inbound packets transmitted over a heterogeneous network from a switching node, the apparatus comprising: a hybrid node for being coupled to a predefined communication channel for interconnecting the hybrid node and the switching node, the hybrid node being configured to generate a packet-recognizing filter for being transmitted to the switching node over the predefined communication channel, the filter enabling the switching node to classify the inbound packets and assign them appropriate TP levels.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predefined communication channel is one of an in-bound channel over an existing transport session connection between the nodes and an out-of-band channel over a newly-created transport session.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the filter comprises identifiers identifying attributes of the inbound packets, such that inbound packets matching these identifiers are associated with appropriate TP levels.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the identifiers comprise a local form session identifier classifying the session context of a specific inbound packet and a priority identifier specifying the TP level of the packet.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the hybrid node comprises an Advanced Peer to Peer Networking (APPN) protocol layer and a Data Link Switching (DLSw) protocol layer, and wherein the APPN protocol layer passes the identifiers to the DLSw protocol layer of the hybrid node through an application programming interface.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the DLSw protocol layer encapsulates the identifiers within fields of the filter and transfers the filter over the predefined communication channel.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the opcode is encapsulated within a switch-to-switch protocol header when transferring the filter over the in-band channel.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
An apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the opcode and additional addressing information are encapsulated within a defined header when transferring the filter over the out-of-band channel.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
79 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the hybrid node comprises an Advanced Peer to Peer Networking (APPN) protocol layer and a Data Link Switching (DLSw) protocol layer, and wherein the filter comprises identifiers including a unique opcode identifying the filter, a format identifier (FID) denoting the format of a specific inbound packet, a local form session identifier (LFSID) classifying the session context of the specific inbound packet and a priority identifier specifying a TP level of the packet.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the identifiers are for being passed from the APPN protocol layer to the DLSw protocol layer of the hybrid node through an application programming interface (API).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the identifiers are encapsulated within fields of the filter at the DLSw layer in response to the API.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
40 words
An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the predefined communication channel is an in-band channel over one of a plurality of existing transport session connections between the nodes or an out-band channel over a newly-created transport session between the nodes.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the opcode is encapsulated within a switch-to-switch protocol header.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein opcode and additional addressing information are encapsulated within fields of a defined header.
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