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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wilson P. Snyder, II, Hudson, MA (US);
Joseph B. Tompkins, Framingham, MA (US);
Daniel J. Lussier, Holliston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Conexant Systems, Inc., Newport Beach, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/256 ; G06F 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/256 ; G06F 9/00 ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit processes communication packets and comprises a core processor and scheduling circuitry. The core processor executes a software application that directs the core processor to process the communication packets. The scheduling circuitry comprises multiple scheduling boards where at least some of the scheduling boards have multiple priority levels. The scheduling circuitry processes the scheduling boards to schedule and subsequently initiate transmission of the communication packets.