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Memory management in network processors

US8312243B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6Claims

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Assignee

Lantiq Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

Shreeharsha Balan · Bengaluru, IN
Naveed Alam · Cupertino, US
Joby Abraham · Kanchinakote, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 16, 2009
Grant date	Nov 13, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 23, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L49/9052
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

System and method for storing information units is provided. The system includes a memory comprising a plurality of contiguous memory segments, a local memory storing a plurality of pointers, each pointer pointing to one contiguous memory segment, a receiving unit configured to arrange incoming information units into queues and memory control logic configured to allocate pointers to the queues and configured to cause the incoming information units to be written into contiguous memory segments. The incoming information units form at least one queue and wherein pointers form a linked list of pointers if the information units are written into more than one contiguous memory segment.

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