Enhanced timer queue mechanism for dynamic capacity increase
US6763476B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 3, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/9031
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method using a timer management module for managing a circular queue having N Fixed Timer Entries (FTEs) to enable dynamic capacity increase of size M by extending the pointer array referencing the circular queue by M, copying the first “Current Timer Index” entries to the extended pointer array entries, allocating M FTEs, and linking the M FTEs within the circular queue.
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