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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ravi K. Cherukuri, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Arun Vaidyanathan, Fremont, CA (US);
Viswesh Anathakrishnan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/338 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/338 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for distributing data transmission from a plurality of data input queues in a memory buffer to an output. The method includes associating a priority indicator with each data input queue, determining a priority indicator having a highest priority level among the plurality of priority indicators and selecting the data input queue associated with the priority indicator having the highest priority level to transmit to the output.