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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2014
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Lukas Reinbold, Oberkirch-Stadelhofen, DE;
Thomas Kniplitsch, Insheim, DE;
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with ordering packets into a transmission order within a queue are described. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes shaper logic configured to (i) respectively determine launch times for packets received from a host bus, and (ii) order the packets into a transmission order according to the launch times. The launch times are expected transmission times for the packets that are provided according to one or more attributes associated with each respective one of the packets. The apparatus includes a queue configured to store the packets in the transmission order for transmission onto a network in a single stream. The shaper logic is configured to merge the packets from multiple streams into the transmission order when providing the packets to the queue.