Patent · US Expired

Dynamic port updating

US7633935B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 29, 2003
Grant dateDec 15, 2009
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Expiry dateJul 3, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L49/357
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for dynamic port updating that shares a resource which includes a configurable number of groups where each group has a configurable resource share size and a controller which chooses which group are active and the share size of the resource each active group is to have. The controller modifies which groups are active and the share size of the resource of each active group during operation of the apparatus without affecting or stopping the operation of the apparatus. The method includes the steps of the controller choosing which groups are active and a share size of the resource each active group is to have. There is the step of modifying with the controller which groups are active and the share size of the resource of each active group during operation of the apparatus without effecting or stopping the operation of the apparatus.

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