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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2012
Yiren R. Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Raymond Kloth, Saratoga, CA (US);
Yiren R. Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Raymond Kloth, Saratoga, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A mechanism for combining plurality of point-to-point data channels to provide a high-bandwidth data channel having an aggregated bandwidth equivalent to the sum of the bandwidths of the data channels used is provided. A mechanism for scattering segments of incoming data packets, called data chunks, among available point-to-point data channel interfaces is further provided. A decision as to the data channel interface over which to send a data chunk to can be made by examining a fullness status of a FIFO coupled to each interface. An identifier of a data channel on which to expect a subsequent data chunk can be provided in a control word associated with a present chunk of data. Using such information in control words, a receive-end interface can reassemble packets by looking to the control word in a currently processing data chunk to find a subsequent data chunk.