The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Jun Cao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William Dai, San Jose, CA (US);
Yongbum Kim, Cupertino, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A network switch is disclosed having at least one data port interface for receiving data and at least one link interface configured to transmit the data between the network switch and other network switches. The switch contains a data processor, having a segmented ring with a plurality of dedicated modules designed to process the data connected through that ring. A programmable ring dispatcher dispatches at least a portion of the data along a segmented ring to at least one of the dedicated modules. The data processor also has a command processor for processing commands received from the dedicated modules. The programmable ring dispatcher determines the first dedicated module to receive the portion of the data and that first dedicated module thereafter determines the next destination for the data potion. Because the dedicated modules can be added to or taken out the switch architecture based on the network environment, the switch is scalable and adaptable.