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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2002
Applicants:
Philip Desborough Pritchard Brown, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Peter Johnson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Chin-tau Lea, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Philip Desborough Pritchard Brown, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Peter Johnson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Chin-Tau Lea, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tau Networks, Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Configurable virtual output queues (VOQs) in a scalable switching system and methods of using the queues are provided. The system takes advantage of the fact that not all VOQs are active or need to exist at one time. Thus, the system advantageously uses configurable VOQs and may not dedicate memory space and logic to all possible VOQs at one time.