Buffer management in a network device
US8054847B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 31, 2006 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/326
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Buffer management in a network device. A new data packet is received at a packet buffer queue of the network switch, wherein the new data packet is a portion of a burst block. If the packet buffer queue is full, a data packet from within the packet buffer queue that is not a last sequential data packet of a burst block is dropped.
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