Accordingly, one or more embodiments of the present invention provide a network
infrastructure device having a receiver operable to receive packets when operably …

Abstract Systems, methods and software useful for overcoming network congestion
problems including head-of-line blocking issues and other network congestion problems. In …

Methods and apparatus for the provision of differentiated services in a packet-based network
may be provided in a communications device such as a switch or router having input ports …

The present invention relates to a system and method for dynamically adjusting the
bandwidth of a continuous bit rate virtual path connection established between a source …

(Continued) Primary Examiner–Un C Cho Assistant Examiner–Shah M Rahman (57)
ABSTRACT Network packet forwarding systems and methods are disclosed to push pre …

Methods and systems are provided for steering network pack ets. According to one
embodiment a method is provided for steering incoming network packets. Each network …

This disclosure relates generally to communication network protocols, and more particularly
to systems and methods for multi-protocol translation. In one embodiment, a multi protocol …

Systems, apparatus, and methods for managing an overflow of data packets received by a
switch are disclosed. A traffic flow of data packets may be transmitted to a Switch and it may …

In one embodiment, queues associated with a first traffic class (FTC) are selected for service.
Each FTC queue having at least one enqueued cell is identified as an occupied FTC queue …

Methods and systems for selectively processing VLAN traffic from different networks while
allowing flexible VLAN identifier assignment are disclosed. According to one aspect, a layer …