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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
May. 22, 2003
Gregory S. Mathews, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sanjay Jain, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jorge Alejandro Aguilar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Avinash Mani, San Jose, CA (US);
Gregory S. Mathews, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sanjay Jain, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jorge Alejandro Aguilar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Avinash Mani, San Jose, CA (US);
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A prime number based pointer allocation technique. A packet-forwarding system incorporating the technique stores cells of a packet in packet memory, according to allocated pointers that have a fixed correspondence to locations in the packet memory. Each packet input interface of an ingress module has a memory parameter counter that is incremented by a different prime number each time a memory pointer is allocated to that input interface. The memory parameter counter includes a memory interface portion and a memory bank portion that correspond to the memory interfaces and memory banks of a packet memory with which the memory pointers are associated.