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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2006
Charles Jens Archer, Rochester, MN (US);
Roy Glenn Musselman, Rochester, MN (US);
Amanda Peters, Rochester, MN (US);
Kurt Walter Pinnow, Rochester, MN (US);
Brent Allen Swartz, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Brian Paul Wallenfelt, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Charles Jens Archer, Rochester, MN (US);
Roy Glenn Musselman, Rochester, MN (US);
Amanda Peters, Rochester, MN (US);
Kurt Walter Pinnow, Rochester, MN (US);
Brent Allen Swartz, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Brian Paul Wallenfelt, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A massively parallel nodal computer system periodically collects and broadcasts usage data for an internal communications network. A node sending data over the network makes a global routing determination using the network usage data. Preferably, network usage data comprises an N-bit usage value for each output buffer associated with a network link. An optimum routing is determined by summing the N-bit values associated with each link through which a data packet must pass, and comparing the sums associated with different possible routes.