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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
May. 26, 2000
Applicants:
David Joseph Clinton, Germantown, MD (US);
Jonathan David Loewen, Belcarra, CA;
Jeff Dillabough, Belcarra, CA;
Minette Ashley Dannhardt, Vienna, VA (US);
Inventors:
David Joseph Clinton, Germantown, MD (US);
Jonathan David Loewen, Belcarra, CA;
Jeff Dillabough, Belcarra, CA;
Minette Ashley Dannhardt, Vienna, VA (US);
Assignee:
PMC-Sierra, Inc., Burnaby, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method or system or apparatus provides improved digital communication. In one aspect, destination scheduling is performed by scheduling polling rather than scheduling data emissions. In particular aspects, a loop port scheduler assigns a weight and sequence number to each destination and scheduling polling of ports using these parameters.