Apparatus and method for scheduling requests to source...

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2008-04-08

2008-04-08

Phan, Raymond N (Department: 2111)

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Access arbitrating

Hierarchical or multilevel arbitrating

C710S240000, C710S310000, C710S053000, C711S167000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07356631

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for scheduling requests to a source device is provided. The apparatus comprises a high-priority request queue for storing a plurality of high-priority requests to the source device; a low-priority request queue for storing a low-priority request to the source device, wherein a priority of one of the high-priority requests is higher than the priority of the low-priority request; a history counter for storing an information related to at least one requesting interval between two adjacent high-priority requests; and a scheduling module for scheduling the high-priority requests and the low-priority request according to the information.

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