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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Ludovic Noirie, Nozay, FR;
Georg Post, La Ville du Bois, FR;
Silvio Cucchi, Gaggiano, IT;
Fabio Valente, Lonigo, IT;
Ludovic Noirie, Nozay, FR;
Georg Post, La Ville du Bois, FR;
Silvio Cucchi, Gaggiano, IT;
Fabio Valente, Lonigo, IT;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
To selectively route stand-by packets in input modules to destination output modules via a switching matrix, distributed arbitration functions are executable by successive arbitration cycles. Each cycle comprises: a first phase executable by each input controller to send each output controller requests representative of the quantities of required stand-by packets; a second phase executable by each output controller to determine the quantity of admissible packets depending on the requests; a third phase executable by a central arbitration unit to determine allowed aggregate quantities depending on all the admissible quantities; and a fourth phase executable by each input controller to determine the allowed packet quantities depending on the admissible quantities and of the allowed aggregate quantities.