Patent · US Active

Network switch

US8174971B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Lantiq Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

Ming-Wei Hung · Cupertino, US
Weidong Liu · Qinhuangdao City, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 8, 2007
Grant date	May 8, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 15, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L49/506
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A network switch includes a media access controller (MAC) coupled to a plurality of ports, a receiver coupled to the MAC, and packet queuing control (PQC) coupled to the receiver. The PQC is configured to maintain a count of the number of receive packets stored in the receiver in each of a plurality of input buffers, each input buffer associated with one of the plurality of ports coupled to the MAC. The network switch also includes at least one output buffer operably connected to the input buffers.

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