Patent
1991-06-28
1994-03-08
Richardson, Robert L.
395250, G06F 1300
Patent
active
052934861
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for fairly allocating a shared resource among N operating devices of a computer system. The resource allocation is implemented by operating the shared resource to process data for each of the N operating devices in a round robin manner, through a series of time slots. The shared resource processes up to a fixed maximum amount of data during each time slot.
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Donnelly Diarmiud J.
Jordan Michele A.
Digital Equipment Corporation
Richardson Robert L.
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