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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2003
Nelson Willhite, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mike Noll, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Steven Martin, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Akhil Duggal, Los Altos, CA (US);
Craig Lindberg, Nevada City, CA (US);
Thomas Carleton Jones, San Jose, CA (US);
Srinivas Komidi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Nelson Willhite, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mike Noll, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Steven Martin, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Akhil Duggal, Los Altos, CA (US);
Craig Lindberg, Nevada City, CA (US);
Thomas Carleton Jones, San Jose, CA (US);
Srinivas Komidi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Alcatel USA Sourcing, L.P., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A technique for providing access to a switch fabric is disclosed. In some embodiments, the method comprises determining scheduling information specific to a link to the switch fabric and using the scheduling information to determine a queue to be serviced by the link. In some embodiments, the system comprises a buffer configured to store a plurality of queues, and a queue scheduler associated with the buffer and configured to determine scheduling information specific to a link to the switch fabric and use the scheduling information to select one of the plurality of queues as the next queue to be serviced by the link.