The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008

Filed:

Jun. 17, 2002
Applicants:

Yongdong Zhao, Plano, TX (US);

Craig A. Lindahl, McKinney, TX (US);

Inventors:

Yongdong Zhao, Plano, TX (US);

Craig A. Lindahl, McKinney, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/54 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A deficit round-robin scheduler including a round-robin table configured to store a plurality of cycle link lists, wherein each cycle link list includes a head flow identification (FLID) value identifying a first flow of the cycle link list, and a tail FLID value identifying a last flow of the cycle link list. A flow table is provided having a plurality of flow table entries, wherein each of the flow table entries is associated with a corresponding flow, and therefore has a corresponding FLID value. A packet queue is associated with each flow table entry, wherein each packet queue is capable of storing a plurality of packets. The deficit round-robin scheduler also included an idle cycle register having an idle cycle entry corresponding with each of the cycle link lists, wherein each idle cycle entry identifies the corresponding cycle link list as active or idle.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…