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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1996
Robert E Thomas, Hudson, MA (US);
Theodore L Ross, Maynard, MA (US);
Douglas M Washabaugh, Hubbardston, MA (US);
Peter J Roman, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Wing Cheung, Sudbury, MA (US);
Koichi Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinichi Mizuguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Cabletron Systems, Inc., Rochester, NH (US);
Abstract
A mechanism by which interrupt frequency mitigation is combined with transmit raw cell status report frequency mitigation is presented. A tx raw cell status report is allowed to occur for only every N raw cell tx slots consumed. When the rate of interrupt requests is mitigated in accordance with holdoff parameters including a holdoff event count corresponding to X interrupt events and a holdoff time interval, and the raw cell status report counts as an interrupt event, an interrupt request is generated for an enabled interrupt if N*X events has occurred or the holdoff time interval has elapsed.