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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2010
Pranay Koka, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Oliver Mccracken, Austin, TX (US);
Herbert Dewitt Schwetman, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Xuezhe Zheng, San Diego, CA (US);
Ashok Krishnamoorthy, San Diego, CA (US);
Pranay Koka, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Oliver McCracken, Austin, TX (US);
Herbert Dewitt Schwetman, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Xuezhe Zheng, San Diego, CA (US);
Ashok Krishnamoorthy, San Diego, CA (US);
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for arbitration including selecting, for an arbitration interval corresponding to a timeslot, a sending node from a plurality of sending nodes in an arbitration domain, where the plurality of sending nodes include a plurality of source counters; broadcasting, by the sending node and in response to selecting the sending node, a transmitter arbitration request for the timeslot during the arbitration interval; receiving, by the plurality of sending nodes, the transmitter arbitration request; incrementing the plurality of source counters in response to receiving the transmitter arbitration request; and sending, during the timeslot, a data item from the sending node to a receiving node via an optical data channel.