Turin Networks

Mats Frannhagen

Frank P Marrone

Dirk Brandis

An apparatus is described having a plurality of grant generation units. The plurality of grant generation units are arranged according to a round robin grant eligibility hierarchy, such that, one grant generation unit exists for each of a plurality of request agents. A grant generation unit is chosen to provide an output specifying which request agent, from the plurality of request agents is to receive a grant. The chosen grant generation unit is chosen because its corresponding request agent is the next request agent in the round robin grant eligibility hierarchy to be recognized as being eligible for a grant.

Method and apparatus for efficient implementation of round robin control unit

A method and apparatus for transferring information in a communications system is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises creating a frame of information on a first line card and sending the frame over a backplane to a second line card using a serial link interconnect. The frame comprises first, second and third portions. The first portion includes information to process the second and third portions. The second portion has packet and time-division multiplexed (TDM) data in multiple channels. Each of the channels is allocable to packet data or TDM data. The third portion includes data placed into the frame to accommodate for differences in timing references between the line cards.

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Greenbrae, CA, United States of America

Mats Frannhagen