Broadcom Corporation

Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited

Yariv Aviram

Asaf Koren

Eliezer Weitz

Ifat Naaman

Ryan E Hirth

David Avishai

Gal Sitton

Alex Goldstein

Oren Issac Wolach

Mitchell Gordon McGee

Ira Joffe

Jacob Harel

Assaf Amitai

Daniel Pasternak

Hilla Ben Yaacov

Yoram Gorsetman

Limor Yonatani

Tal Baum-Mizrachi

Koby Harel

Yanai Pomeranz

The present disclosure is directed to a network processor for processing high volumes of traffic provided by todays access networks at (or near) wireline speeds. The network process can be implemented within a residential gateway to perform, among other functions, routing to deliver high speed data services (e.g., data services with rates up to 10 Gbit/s) from a wide area network (WAN) to end user devices in a local area network (LAN).

Network processors

A network processor for performing residential gateway processing tasks. The network processor includes a first cluster of packet processors and a second cluster of packet processors, wherein each of the first cluster and the second cluster includes a main packet processor and a secondary packet processor, wherein the main packet processor performs at least routing of incoming packets and the secondary packet processor performs off-loading tasks for the main packet processor; a plurality of Ethernet media access control (MAC) adapters for interfacing with a plurality of subscriber devices connected to a residential gateway; an external-network MAC adapter for interfacing with a wide area network (WAN) connected to the network processor; and an ingress handler for at least load balancing the processing of packets between the first cluster and the second cluster.

Network processor for supporting residential gateway applications

A frequency adapter for synchronizing data transfers between a low-frequency module and a high-frequency module connected to an internal bus. The frequency adapter includes a low-to-high synchronization unit for synchronizing data transfers from the low frequency module to the high-frequency module, wherein the low-to-high synchronization unit is clocked by a low frequency clock; and a high-to-low synchronization unit for synchronizing data transfers from the high frequency module to the low-frequency module, wherein the high-to-low synchronization unit is clocked by a low frequency clock.

Frequency adapter utilized in high-speed internal buses

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Pardes Hana, Israel

Yariv Aviram