Apparatus and method for receiving and forwarding data
US9246850B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 27, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jan 26, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5683
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus adapted to prevent Head-Of-Line blocking by forwarding dummy packets to queues which have not received data for a predetermined period of time. This prevention of HOL may be on an input where data is forwarded to each of a number of FIFOs or an output where data is de-queued from FIFOs. The dummy packets may be provided with a time stamp derived from a recently queued or de-queued packet.
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