Input buffering and queue status-based output control for a digital traffic switch
US6442172B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 31, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5681
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A digital traffic switch having DIBOC buffer control has a queue status-based control strategy to limit status traffic on the switch and status buffer requirements. Status messages are transmitted from inputs to outputs when the content status of a logical output queue has changed from “empty” to “not empty”, or vice versa, rather than on a “per cell” request basis. Status messages are transmitted from outputs to inputs when the clearance status of a logical output queue has changed from “not clear to release” to “clear to release”, or vice versa, rather than on a “per cell” grant basis. The status of each logical output queue is monitored at outputs by retaining and updating a single status bit which has a particular binary value when the logical output queue's status is “empty” and the opposite binary value when the logical output queue's status is “not empty”. The status of each logical output queue is monitored at inputs by retaining and updating a single status bit which has a particular binary value when the logical output queue's status is “not clear to release” and th…
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