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Subject: Re: Extra homework
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:21:00 -0800
From: Bill Cheng <william@bourbon.usc.edu>

Someone wrote:

  > In extra HW WFQ problem, the last line says:
  > 
  > "Sort according to finish times and apply tie breaking rule, the packet will
  > leave in the following order"
  > 
  > So what is the general tie-breaking rule to be chosen ? Alphabetical order
  > or anything else ?

You mean in real routers?  I would guess that it's router
specific.
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