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Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2012
Applicant:

Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brad Matthews, San Jose, CA (US);

Puneet Agarwal, Cupertino, CA (US);

Bruce Kwan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Processing techniques in a network switch help reduce latency in the delivery of data packets to a recipient. The processing techniques include speculative flow status messaging, for example. The speculative flow status messaging may alert an egress tile or output port of an incoming packet before the incoming packet is fully received. The processing techniques may also include implementing a separate accelerated credit pool which provides controlled push capability for the ingress tile or input port to send packets to the egress tile or output port without waiting for a bandwidth credit from the egress tile or output port.


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