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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2020
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Liron Mula, Ramat Gan, IL;
Dotan David Levi, Kiryat Motzkin, IL;
Ran Ravid, Tel Aviv, IL;
Guy Lederman, Rishon Lezion, IL;
MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
In certain exemplary embodiments, a switching device is provided, including an input interface configured to communicate with a packet source, an output interface configured to communicate with a packet destination, and packet processing circuitry. The packet processing circuitry is configured to receive a plurality of packets from the packet source via the input interface, each of the plurality of packets being associated with a packet descriptor, at least one of the packet descriptors being a transmission time packet descriptor including a desired physical transmission time for the packet associated with the transmission time packet descriptor, to receive an indication of a clock time, and for each packet associated with a transmission time packet descriptor, to physically transmit the packet associated with the transmission time packet descriptor, via the output interface, at a clock time corresponding to the desired physical transmission time. Related apparatus an methods are also provided.