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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Chin-tau Lea, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Chin-Tau Lea, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tau Networks, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L012/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and method for switching packets of information between ports are provided. One system comprises a plurality of port processors, a switch fabric and a scheduler. The port processors send packet headers to the scheduler, which resolves contentions between packet headers with the same destination port addresses. The scheduler sends request-grant information to the port processors. The port processors send packets as specified by the request-grant information to the switch fabric. The switch fabric transfers the packets between the port processors according to the destination port addresses of the packets.