US Patent:
20090122766, May 14, 2009
Inventors:
Timothy J. Hughes - San Diego CA, US
Wendell Y. Kishaba - San Diego CA, US
Marina Gurevich - Huntington Beach CA, US
Arthur E. Anderson - Placentia CA, US
Tyler J. Ulinskas - La Jolla CA, US
International Classification:
H04J 3/00
Abstract:
In a Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET), nested weighted round robin queues are employed to selectively provide channel access for traffic according to a priority or Quality of Service (QoS) for data. By nesting queues within other queues, and applying a weighted round robin technique to serve each queue, relatively arbitrary service metrics may be achieved including nodal QoS for class-based traffic, avoidance of queue starvation, and so forth. Prioritized queues may also be provided for preemptive delivery of high priority traffic.