The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2014
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Norman William Finn, Livermore, CA (US);
Rong Pan, Saratoga, CA (US);
Hiroshi Suzuki, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Linda Tin-Wen Cheng, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter Geoffrey Jones, Campbell, CA (US);
Hariprasada Rao Ginjpalli, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rudolph Benedict Klecka, Austin, TX (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for allocating port assignments for transmitting a reserved network stream across a network node comprises determining a cycle time associated with a network node. The method also comprises establishing, for at least one port of the network node, a plurality of virtual layers associated with the cycle time, wherein each of the plurality of virtual layers is divided into 2n equally-spaced slots per cycle (where n>0). The method further comprises receiving a reserved stream request associated with transmission of a reserved stream across the node, and determining a number of slots required to transmit the reserved stream. The method also comprises assigning one or more slots associated with a port of the network node to the transmission of packets associated with the reserved stream based on the determined number of slots. The method further comprises transmitting the stream according to the slot assignment associated with the port of the network node.