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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2004
Applicants:
Andrew M. Jones, Redland, GB;
John A. Carey, Bishopston, GB;
Inventors:
Andrew M. Jones, Redland, GB;
John A. Carey, Bishopston, GB;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics Ltd., , GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/43 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pipelined arbitration mechanism allows a routing control decision to be effected for a later packet while a current packet is being transferred. The later packet can be issued a fixed number of cycles after the current request. The mechanism has particular advantages when used with a plurality of functional modules connected to a packet router, whereby a single functional module can generate a current request relating to a current packet and a deferred arbitration request relating to a later packet to be issued a fixed number of cycles after the current request.