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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2012
Marvell Israel (M.i.s.l) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Ofer Eizenberg, Binyamina, IL;
Amir Bishara, Tel-Aviv Jaffa, IL;
MARVELL ISRAEL (M.I.S.L.) LTD., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
A network device which controls the flow of packets from a best-effort client is provided. The network device includes a flow controller which transmits transaction messages between the best effort client and an arbiter, and an average rate monitor which comprises a counter which increments at an amount of (x−1) when a transaction occurrence is detected by the average rate monitor, and decrements at an amount of 1 per cycle when a transaction occurrence is not detected by the average rate monitor. The best-effort client is only given a grant by the arbiter when the counter has a value of zero.