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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2003
Mitch Gusat, Adliswil, CH;
Ferdinand Gramsamer, Wettswil, CH;
Mark Verhappen, Zurich, CH;
Antonius Engbersen, Feusisberg, CH;
Ronald P. Luijten, Horgen, CH;
Francois G. Abel, Rueschlikon, CH;
Cyriel Minkenberg, Adliswil, CH;
Jose Duato, Valencia, ES;
Mitch Gusat, Adliswil, CH;
Ferdinand Gramsamer, Wettswil, CH;
Mark Verhappen, Zurich, CH;
Antonius Engbersen, Feusisberg, CH;
Ronald P. Luijten, Horgen, CH;
Francois G. Abel, Rueschlikon, CH;
Cyriel Minkenberg, Adliswil, CH;
Jose Duato, Valencia, ES;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a scalable flow-control mechanism. In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a switching device for transporting packets of data, the packets being received at the switching device based on flow-control information, the device comprising a memory for storing the packets, a credit counter coupled to the memory for counting a credit number of packets departing from the memory, and a scheduler unit coupled to the credit counter for deriving the flow-control information in response to the credit number. Moreover, a switching apparatus and a method for generating flow-control information is disclosed.