Multicasting using a wormhole routing switching element
US6542502B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 26, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 1, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 26, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/552
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention is a replication method that requires only one copy of a packet entering a multiport switch to be transmitted from the input port, the method acquiring the deadlock avoidance advantages of virtual cut-through operation. The goal is achieved via a central buffer, with replication occurring during the read of the chunk out of the central buffer by the output ports.
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