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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2006
Mohammad Peyravian, Morrisville, NC (US);
Mark Anthony Rinaldi, Durham, NC (US);
Ravinder Kumar Sabhikhi, Cary, NC (US);
Michael Steven Siegel, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mohammad Peyravian, Morrisville, NC (US);
Mark Anthony Rinaldi, Durham, NC (US);
Ravinder Kumar Sabhikhi, Cary, NC (US);
Michael Steven Siegel, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A Resource Reservation System includes a Token Generation Unit (TGU) which generates and circulates among nodes of a communications system a Slotted Token (SLT) message having sub-fields to carry identification number for each input port in a node and the resource available for each input port. On receiving the message the Resource Control Unit (RCU) in each node can write port identification number, available resource in appropriate sub-fields of the SLT message, and reserve resources in other nodes by adjusting information in the sub-field associated with the other nodes.