System and method for using virtual lanes to alleviate congestion in a fat-tree topology
US9325619B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 7, 2012 |
| Grant date | Apr 26, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 12, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/484
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method can alleviate congestion in a middleware machine environment with a plurality of switches in a fat-tree topology. The middleware machine environment can support a plurality of end nodes and allows for generating a virtual lane assignment for every pair of source end node and destination end node. Then, the packet flows from a source end node to different destination end nodes sharing a physical link can be distributed across different virtual lanes in order to avoid the head-of-line (HOL) blocking.
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