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Pipelined maximal-sized matching cell dispatch scheduling

US7006514B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 1, 2001
Grant dateFeb 28, 2006
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/5681
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A Pipelined-based Maximal-sized Matching (PMM) scheduling approach for input-buffered switches relaxes the timing constraint for arbitration with a maximal matching scheme. In the PMM approach, arbitration may operate in a pipelined manner. Each subscheduler is allowed to take more than one time slot for its matching. Every time slot, one of them provides the matching result. The subscheduler can adopt a pre-existing efficient maximal matching algorithm such as iSLIP and DRRM. PMM maximizes the efficiency of the adopted arbitration scheme by allowing sufficient time for a number of iterations. PMM preserves 100% throughput under uniform traffic and fairness for best-effort traffic.

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