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Dynamic receive queue balancing with high and low thresholds

US8346999B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 2009
Grant dateJan 1, 2013
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Expiry dateFeb 5, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L47/29
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method according to one embodiment includes the operations of assigning a network application to at least one first core processing unit, from among a plurality of core processing unit. The method of this embodiment also includes the operations of assigning a first receive queue to said first core processing unit, wherein the first receive queue is configured to receive packet flow associated with the network application; defining a high threshold for the first receive queue; and monitoring the packet flow in the first receive queue and comparing a packet flow level in the first receive queue to the high threshold; wherein if the packet flow level exceeds the threshold based on the comparing, generating a queue status message indicating that the packet flow level in the first queue has exceeded the queue high threshold.

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