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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2010
Shiri Kadambi, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Shekhar Ambe, San Jose, CA (US);
Mohan Kalkunte, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sandeep Relan, Bangladore, IN;
Shiri Kadambi, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Shekhar Ambe, San Jose, CA (US);
Mohan Kalkunte, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sandeep Relan, Bangladore, IN;
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for selectively controlling the flow of data through a network device is discussed. The network device has a plurality of ports, with each port of the plurality of ports having a plurality of priority queues. Congestion at one priority queue of the plurality of priority queues is detected and a virtual channel message is sent to other network devices connected to the network device causing data destined for the one priority queue to be halted. After the congestion at the one priority queue has abated, a virtual channel resume message is sent to the other network devices.