US Patent 11336582 Packet scheduling

Various example embodiments for supporting packet scheduling in packet networks are presented. Various example embodiments for supporting packet scheduling in packet networks may be configured to support scheduling-as-a-service. Various example embodiments for supporting packet scheduling in packet networks based on scheduling-as-a-service may be configured to support a virtualized packet scheduler which may be provided as a service over a general-purpose hardware platform, may be instantiated in customer hardware, or the like, as well as various combinations thereof. Various example embodiments for supporting packet scheduling in packet networks may be configured to support scheduling of packets of packet queues based on association of transmission credits with timeslots of a periodic service sequence used to provide service to the packet queues.