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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2007
Kaoru Urata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Urata, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A storage device is provided. The storage device includes a plurality of ports for a first kind of access, a second kind of access having a band-secured access period longer than that of the first kind of access, and other kinds of access; and an access controller. The access controller is configured to prepare a total schedule by connecting a plurality of slot units for the first kind of access having a time frame within a band-secured access period to obtain the band-secured access period within the access period for the second kind of access on a time axis, and to allocate one time slot to one slot unit regarding the ports for the first kind of access and to allocate one time slot to one period of the total schedule regarding the ports for the second kind of access among the plurality of ports.