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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2004
Applicant:
Chien-hsien Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Chien-Hsien Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods for aging datagrams in the memory portion of a datagram distribution device or other network device are provided. According to some of these methods, an attribute of each datagram entering the device may be used to assign an initial aging counter value to each datagram. Then, the attribute-specific aging counter values may be used to extend the time until expiration of certain datagrams relative to other datagrams. Also, devices for implementing these methods are provided.