Queuing method and apparatus for providing direct data processing access using a queued direct input-output device
US6345327B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 19, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/90
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A queuing method and apparatus for transfer or incoming and outgoing data in a network environment having a main storage is presented. A plurality of queue sets are provided in the main storage with at least one or more sets being dedicated for input and output. The queues can share access to a plurality of devices in the network across a plurality of communication stacks. Various network resources are mapped to the queues in order to facilitate resource allocation and dynamic configuration by providing initialization of a plurality of configuration parameters. In this way dynamic expanding and contracting of the number of queues in each set as dictated by traffic patterns and feedback indicators is provided.
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