Method and device for scheduling unicast and multicast traffic in an interconnecting fabric
US8121122B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 12, 2008 |
| Grant date | Feb 21, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/66
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for scheduling unicast and multicast traffic in an interconnecting fabric performs within each time slot the following steps. First a multicast cell scheduling (61) and independently thereof a unicast cell scheduling (62) is performed. Then, the unicast cell schedule and the multicast cell schedule are merged to a merged schedule (63), wherein in the case a scheduled connection cannot be included in the merged schedule the scheduled connection is included in the merged schedule in a later time slot (66, 63).
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