Credit-based scheme for high performance communication between devices in a packet-based communication system
US6442162B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 22, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/351
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network switch comprises a first device which includes a store for data packets, a second device which includes a plurality of ports from which the packets may be transmitted, a plurality of temporary stores each associated with one of the ports, a data bus connecting the first device to the second device, a unit for maintaining a count of units of storage space in respect of each of the ports, a unit for incrementing the respective count on transmission of data from one of the stores, and a unit for decrementing the count in response to dispatch of data from the temporary store in the first device to the second device.
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