Packet queueing for network device
US9916269B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 14, 2016 |
| Grant date | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 7, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/321
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A packet header is received from a host and written to a header queue. A direct memory access (DMA) descriptor is received from the host and written to a packet descriptor queue. The DMA descriptor points to packet data in a host memory. The packet data is fetched from host memory and the packet header and the packet data are provided to a network interface.
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