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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2002
Robert F. Widmer, Odenton, MD (US);
Suhail Nanji, Coconut Creek, FL (US);
Nicholas M. Thille, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Robert F. Widmer, Odenton, MD (US);
Suhail Nanji, Coconut Creek, FL (US);
Nicholas M. Thille, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Redback Networks Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method comprises recursively selecting a child node of a previously selected node of a port tree and having a highest priority among nodes of a same level within the port tree, until the selected node has associated egress queues of an egress port. The method also includes outputting a number of packets from the associated egress queues of the selected node in a current processing cycle. The number of packets outputted is based on an allocated bandwidth for the associated egress queues, in which the allocated bandwidth accounts for a deficit from a previous processing cycle.