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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2005
William F. Baxter, Iii, Holliston, MA (US);
Stephen D. Macarthur, Northboro, MA (US);
Man Min Moy, Holliston, MA (US);
Brett D. Niver, Grafton, MA (US);
Yechiel Yochai, Brookline, MA (US);
William F. Baxter, III, Holliston, MA (US);
Stephen D. MacArthur, Northboro, MA (US);
Man Min Moy, Holliston, MA (US);
Brett D. Niver, Grafton, MA (US);
Yechiel Yochai, Brookline, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for performing arbitration in an information packet controller. The method includes transmitting different types of information packets from an initiator to a receiver. One type of information packet has a quality of service requiring a faster transmission time from the initiator to the receiver than another type of information packet having a quality of service having a slower transmission time from the initiator to the receiver. The transmitting of the information packets from the initiator to the receiver is in accordance with priority assigned to the information packet, the quality of service assigned to the information packet, and the age of such information packets having been stored in a queue of the initiator, such quality of service being a function of the speed at which the packets are required to pass from the initiator to a receiver.