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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2003
Markus Cebulla, Gerstetten, DE;
Gottfried Andreas Goldrian, Boeblingen, DE;
Bernd Leppla, Buchen-Boedigheim, DE;
Norbert Schumacher, Neuhausen, DE;
Markus Cebulla, Gerstetten, DE;
Gottfried Andreas Goldrian, Boeblingen, DE;
Bernd Leppla, Buchen-Boedigheim, DE;
Norbert Schumacher, Neuhausen, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of operating a crossbar switch () having a control logic () and n input ports (i, . . . , i_n-) and m output ports (o, . . . , o_m-), wherein information packets of p different priority levels are routed from said n input ports (i, . . . , i_n-) to said m output ports (o, . . . , o_m-). Within said control logic (), a pool (CRA) of buffers (CRA, CRA, . . . ) is provided for each crosspoint () for temporarily storing address information related to said information packets.