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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joel Naumann, San Jose, CA (US);
Shirish Sathe, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/254 ; H04J 3/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/254 ; H04J 3/24 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus is described that provides queuing traffic to many destinations covering a wide range of communication interface speeds while minimizing buffer size. A plurality of communication interface boards that distribute packets are coupled to a processing module that segments information into packets. Each communication interface board has an individual packet transmission speed. A buffer is provided in the communication interface boards according to the transmission speed of the board.