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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2001
Craig I. Barrack, Irvine, CA (US);
Brian Yang, Mountain View, CA (US);
John Lam, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Rong-feng Chang, Irvine, CA (US);
Craig I. Barrack, Irvine, CA (US);
Brian Yang, Mountain View, CA (US);
John Lam, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Rong-Feng Chang, Irvine, CA (US);
Zarlink Semiconductor V.N., Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A credit-based pacing scheme for heterogeneous speed frame forwarding. A control logic controls the transmission of data between a source device and a destination device in accordance with a handshaking protocol. Pacing logic paces the transmission of the data from the source device to the destination device to prevent congestion in the switching fabric. A credit scheme is used to arbitrate among multiple pacing modules per device, each forwarding data at a different rate.