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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2001
Lawrence Hui, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Song Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Anurag P. Gupta, Saratoga, CA (US);
Phil Lacroute, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Beesley, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Lawrence Hui, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Song Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Anurag P. Gupta, Saratoga, CA (US);
Phil Lacroute, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Beesley, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A fabric request controller implements flow control for data cells to a network or switch fabric. The fabric request controller issues request messages to the fabric switch and receives back corresponding grant messages. The fabric request controller includes a credit counter for metering the number of allowable outstanding requests. A fake request vector component periodically issues fake requests to compensate for information loss on the switch fabric.