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Patent No.:

US 6442162 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002

Filed:

Feb. 22, 1999

Credit-based scheme for high performance communication between devices in a packet-based communication system

Applicant:
Inventors:

Eugene O'Neill, Dublin, IE;

Una Quinlan, Dublin, IE;

Anne G. O'Connell, Dublin, IE;

Assignee:

3Com Technologies, Georgetown, KY (US);

Attorney:

Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Wellington Chin

Assistant Examiner:

Brenda Pham

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/254 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/254 ;
Abstract

A network switch comprises a first device which includes a store for data packets, a second device which includes a plurality of ports from which the packets may be transmitted, a plurality of temporary stores each associated with one of the ports, a data bus connecting the first device to the second device, a unit for maintaining a count of units of storage space in respect of each of the ports, a unit for incrementing the respective count on transmission of data from one of the stores, and a unit for decrementing the count in response to dispatch of data from the temporary store in the first device to the second device.

Find Patent Forward Citations

O'Neill, Eugene. (2002). Credit-based scheme for high performance communication between devices in a packet-based communication system (U.S. Patent No. 6442162). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6442162

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