Pipelined network processing with FIFO queues
US7284074B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 31, 2002 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for operating on data within a network device is described. Between two data operations in a network device is a FIFO queue, which is used to separate the clock domains of the data operations. Data from the first operation is stored in the FIFO queue, which signals an indication to the second operation that there is data in the queue. When the second operation is signaled that there is data in the FIFO queue, it immediately begins reading data from the queue, and begins performing its prescribed operations on the data once it has read enough data from the queue for it to begin operating.
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