Hardware load balancing through a single fabric

Details Hardware load balancing through a single fabric Hardware load balancing through a single fabric

2007-02-27

2007-02-27

Rao, Seema S. (Department: 2616)

Multiplex communications

Data flow congestion prevention or control

Flow control of data transmission through a network

C370S360000, C370S396000, C370S398000, C370S400000

Reexamination Certificate

active

09811189

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for balancing loads in a switching fabric. The switching fabric comprises a plurality of data ports through which data frames enter or exit the switching fabric. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a buffer and a routing data generation circuit. The buffer receives a data frame to be transmitted to a destination device via the switching fabric. The routing data generation circuit is coupled to the buffer. The routing data generation circuit generates and adds routing data to the data frame received by the buffer. The routing data identifies one of the plurality of data ports through which the data frame will exit the switching fabric to reach the destination device. After the routing data is added to the data frame, the buffer transmits the data frame to the switching system.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4383316 (1983-05-01), Seidel
patent: 4679189 (1987-07-01), Olson et al.
patent: 5159591 (1992-10-01), Gohara et al.
patent: 5377182 (1994-12-01), Monacos
patent: 5828654 (1998-10-01), Takase et al.
patent: 5838677 (1998-11-01), Kozaki et al.
patent: 6178171 (2001-01-01), Alexander et al.
patent: 6487171 (2002-11-01), Honig et al.
patent: 6704318 (2004-03-01), Stuart et al.
patent: 6751238 (2004-06-01), Lipp et al.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Hardware load balancing through a single fabric does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Hardware load balancing through a single fabric, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Hardware load balancing through a single fabric will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3822156