Apparatus and method for programmable memory access slot assignment
US7031305B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 24, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/354
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network switch having switch ports for full-duplex communication of data packets with respective network nodes according to Ethernet (IEEE 802.3) protocol that flexibly assigns memory access slots to access an external memory according to programmable information. A scheduler within an external memory interface assigns the memory access slots to the respective network switch ports according to a programmed sequence written into an assignment table memory from an external programmable data storage device.
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