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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Yasuteru Kohda, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuyuki Ohba, Sendai, JP;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for packet broadcasting in a mesh-interconnected multi-computer network having a plurality of routers and a plurality of arbiters. The method includes interconnecting each of the plurality of routers to each of the plurality of arbiters. The method further includes receiving, by each of the plurality of arbiters, two or more packet broadcast requests. The method also includes live-lock free arbitering, by each of the plurality of arbiters, between the two or more packet broadcast requests using a shared priority matrix that selects one of the two or more packet broadcast requests. The shared priority matrix is shared amongst the plurality of arbiters and stores priority information relating to a correspondence between a plurality of packet broadcast requests, including the two or more packet broadcast requests, with respect to priorities assigned to each of the plurality of packet broadcast requests.