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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
May. 05, 2005
Applicants:
Vijay Jaswa, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jeffrey Kidd, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vijay Jaswa, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jeffrey Kidd, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/06 (2013.01); H04L 12/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
Accessing shared resources by intelligent components is disclosed. In various embodiments, a system is configured to select a host for a bus and includes a bus configured to have a host, a shelf controller configured to host the bus and access an external interface via the bus, a plurality of line cards configured to host the bus and access an external interface via the bus, and a host selection device configured to select the shelf controller or one of the line cards as the host of the bus.