Multiplex communications – Pathfinding or routing – Switching a message which includes an address header
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-27
2005-12-27
Rao, Seema S. (Department: 2666)
Multiplex communications
Pathfinding or routing
Switching a message which includes an address header
C370S412000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06980552
ABSTRACT:
A pipelined linecard architecture for receiving, modifying, switching, buffering, queuing and dequeuing packets for transmission in a communications network. The linecard has two paths: the receive path, which carries packets into the switch device from the network, and the transmit path, which carries packets from the switch to the network. In the receive path, received packets are processed and switched in a multi-stage pipeline utilizing programmable data structures for fast table lookup and linked list traversal. The pipelined switch operates on several packets in parallel while determining each packet's routing destination. Once that determination is made, each packet is modified to contain new routing information as well as additional header data to help speed it through the switch. Using bandwidth management techniques, each packet is then buffered and enqueued for transmission over the switching fabric to the linecard attached to the proper destination port. The destination linecard may be the same physical linecard as that receiving the inbound packet or a different physical linecard. The transmit path includes a buffer/queuing circuit similar to that used in the receive path and can include another pipelined switch. Both enqueuing and dequeuing of packets is accomplished using CoS-based decision making apparatus, congestion avoidance, and bandwidth management hardware.
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Belz David
Epps Garry P.
Laor Michael
Oren Eyal
Ascolese Marc R.
Campbell Stephenson Ascolese LLP
Cisco Technology Inc.
Harper Kevin C.
Rao Seema S.
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