Hardware-based network interface per-ring resource accounting

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2005-04-22

2009-11-24

Sefcheck, Gregory B (Department: 2419)

Multiplex communications

Pathfinding or routing

Switching a message which includes an address header

C370S463000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07623538

ABSTRACT:
Incoming/outgoing data packets to/from a network are processed by associated receive/send rings of a network interface. A plurality of counters, disposed in hardware, are each associated with particular receive/send rings. Each of the plurality of counters maintains a count of a number of data packets processed by an associated receive/send ring.

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