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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Alan Frederic Benner, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Cyriel Johan Agnes Minkenberg, Adliswil, CH;
Craig Brian Stunkel, Bethel, CT (US);
Alan Frederic Benner, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Cyriel Johan Agnes Minkenberg, Adliswil, CH;
Craig Brian Stunkel, Bethel, CT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The interconnecting network for switching data packets, having data and flow control information, comprises a local packet switch element (S) with local input buffers (I() . . . I(,y)) for buffering the incoming data packets, a remote packet switch element (S) with remote input buffers (I() . . . I(,y)) for buffering the incoming data packets, and data lines (L) for interconnecting the local and the remote packet switch elements (S, S). The interconnecting network further comprises a local and a remote arbiter (A, A) which are connected via control lines (CL) to the input buffers (I() . . . I(,y), I() . . . I(,y)), and which are formed such that they can provide that the flow control information is transmitted via the data lines (L) and the control lines (CL).