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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
May. 16, 2003
Applicants:
Surendra Anubolu, Fremont, CA (US);
James P. Rivers, Saratoga, CA (US);
Stewart Findlater, Mountain View, CA (US);
David Hsi-chen Yen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Surendra Anubolu, Fremont, CA (US);
James P. Rivers, Saratoga, CA (US);
Stewart Findlater, Mountain View, CA (US);
David Hsi-Chen Yen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/413 (2006.01); H04L 12/43 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04J 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A technique for allocating stack bus bandwidth based on the offered load of each stack member coupled to the stacking bus allocates access opportunities to the stack bus based on the ratio of the offered loads of the coupled stack members.