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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
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 outputting data from a queue of a number of queues of an egress port. The queue has a portion of an allocated bandwidth for the egress port for a processing cycle, wherein the number of queues are associated with nodes of a port tree. The method also includes redistributing surplus of the portion of bandwidth for the queue that is not used to at least one other queue. The surplus is added to a portion of the allocated bandwidth for the at least one other queue for the processing cycle.