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Flow and congestion control in switch architectures for multi-hop, memory efficient fabrics

US7916718B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 19, 2007
Grant dateMar 29, 2011
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Expiry dateAug 22, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L49/254
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A shared memory switch and switch fabric architecture are described which employ partitions of the shared memory to implement multiple, independent virtual congestion domains, thereby allowing congestion to be handled for different classes of traffic independently.

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