Reduced arbitration routing system and method
US7852836B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 31, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 14, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/742
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for routing packets from one node to another node in a system having a plurality of nodes connected by a network. A node router is provided in each node, wherein the node router includes a plurality of network ports, including a first and a second network port, wherein each network port includes a communications channel for communicating with one of the other network nodes, a plurality of virtual channel input buffers and a plurality of virtual channel staging buffers, wherein each of the virtual channel staging buffers receives data from one of the plurality of input buffers.
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