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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2011
Makoto Hataida, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshikazu Ueki, Kawasaki, JP;
Takayuki Kinoshita, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshikazu Iwami, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidekazu Osano, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Hataida, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshikazu Ueki, Kawasaki, JP;
Takayuki Kinoshita, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshikazu Iwami, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidekazu Osano, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An arbitration method includes a first process to perform a path control to transfer data from physically plural input ports logically having plural virtual channels to an arbitrary one of the plural output ports, wherein only one channel is selectable at one input port at an arbitrary point in time, by performing an arbitration among the channels of each of the plural input ports according to an arbitrary arbitration algorithm other than a time-division algorithm, and a second process to perform an arbitration among the plural input ports according to the arbitrary arbitration algorithm. The arbitrary arbitration algorithm used in the first and second processes is switched to the time-division algorithm for a predetermined time in response to a trigger.