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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth Joseph Goodnow, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Michel Salib Michail, South Burlington, VT (US);
Wilbur David Pricer, Charlotte, VT (US);
Sebastian Theodore Ventrone, South Burlington, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370449 ; 370451 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a system for providing broader bandwidth in microprocessor bus, board and system designs. Broader bandwidth is achieved by dividing the full spectrum of frequencies available into discrete bandwidth packages, much like radio communications. The system includes a bus that is controlled by a traffic controller that polls for communication requests on the bus and then allocates bandwidth among the devices submitting such requests.