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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2001
Kenneth Rose, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mick Jacobs, Auburn, CA (US);
Jatin Batra, Fremont, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for adapting bandwidth utilization over fabric links. In one embodiment of the method, a transmitting device transmits data at a first non-zero rate to a memory for storage therein during a first period of time. The transmitting device then transmits data at a second non-zero rate to the memory for storage therein during a second period of time. The second period of time is subsequent to the first period of time, and the second non-zero rate is greater than or less than the first non-zero rate. This method may find application in switching network where the transmitting device is contained in a switching fabric, the memory is a FIFO buffer contained in a line card coupled to the switching fabric via a data link, and where the transmitter transmits data via the data link to the FIFO buffer for storage therein.