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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2000
Bruce Wilford, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jan Medved, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Stephan Crandall, San Jose, CA (US);
Bruce Wilford, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jan Medved, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Stephan Crandall, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method that provides improved statistics collection for high bandwidth interfaces supporting multiple connections. Statistics are counted for a plurality of connections. A determination is made to determine if a count value for each of the connections is greater than or equal to a threshold. Statistics are collected for connections having a determined count value greater than or equal to the threshold before connections having a count value below the threshold. The apparatus and method can thus avoid data loss and reduce wasted processing time in maintaining reliable and accurate statistics for multiple connection supported by a network switch or interface.