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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2019
Mellanox Technologies Tlv Ltd., Raanana, IL;
Liron Mula, Ramat Gan, IL;
Elad Mentovich, Tel Aviv, IL;
Paraskevas Bakopoulos, Ilion, GR;
Eitan Zahavi, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
Sagi Kuks, Ramat Gan, IL;
MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
A network element () includes circuitry and at least one port (). The at least one port is coupled to an optical fabric () including one or more optical switches () that provide optical paths between the at least one port and multiple destination nodes, at predefined time slots. The circuitry is configured to hold a schedule plan () that specifies which of the destination nodes are accessible via the optical fabric at which of the time slots, to queue packets that are destined to the destination nodes, and to transmit the queued packets via the at least one port in accordance with the schedule plan.