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Preemptive weighted round robin scheduler

US7430207B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 19, 2005
Grant dateSep 30, 2008
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L47/527
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is to disclose a scheduler which comprising a priority tagging module for receiving a plurality of information chucks, a plurality of output lines, and a WRR (weighted round robin) module. In this regards, each information chucks are tagged with a priority tag by said priority tagging module according to a priority classification scheme. In addition, the WRR module further comprises a bucket list, which has a plurality of buckets, and a control module. Each bucket stores a ticket, which comprises an identification representing one of the plurality of output lines and an associated weight value of the represented output line. Besides, the control module receives the tagged information chucks from the priority tagging module and schedules the tagged information chucks into the plurality of output lines according to a scheduling scheme based on said bucket list.

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