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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
May. 28, 2004
Wayne Robert Sankey, Plano, TX (US);
Ross Alexander Jamieson, Plano, TX (US);
John Kevin Weeks, Richardson, TX (US);
Marlon B. Roa-diaz, Plano, TX (US);
Paul Anthony Elias, Richardson, TX (US);
Michael Joseph Mezeul, Allen, TX (US);
Nimer Ibrahim Yaseen, Allen, TX (US);
Wayne Robert Sankey, Plano, TX (US);
Ross Alexander Jamieson, Plano, TX (US);
John Kevin Weeks, Richardson, TX (US);
Marlon B. Roa-Diaz, Plano, TX (US);
Paul Anthony Elias, Richardson, TX (US);
Michael Joseph Mezeul, Allen, TX (US);
Nimer Ibrahim Yaseen, Allen, TX (US);
Covaro Networks, Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Abstract
Provided are a system and method for time-based scheduling in a communications environment. In one example, the method includes assigning at least one token to each of multiple active queues during a predefined period of time. Each token authorizes an amount of data to be dequeued from the queue. The method also includes waiting until the end of the predefined period of time before starting a new round of assigning. At least one of the queues is nominated based on the token assigned to the queue, where the nomination authorizes the dequeuing of the amount of data from the queue. The nomination is sent to a memory system to dequeue the data and send the data to a network uplink.