Maintaining packet sequence using cell flow control

Details Maintaining packet sequence using cell flow control Maintaining packet sequence using cell flow control

2011-07-26

2011-07-26

Scheibel, Robert C (Department: 2467)

Multiplex communications

Pathfinding or routing

Switching a message which includes an address header

C370S412000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07986691

ABSTRACT:
Packets out-of-sequence problem can be solved by using a window flow control scheme that can dispatch traffic at the cell level, in a round robin fashion, as evenly as possible. Each VOQ at the input port has a sequence head pointer that is used to assign sequence numbers (SN) to the cells. Also a sequence tail pointer is available at each VOQ that is used to acknowledge and limit the amount of cells that can be sent to the output ports based on the window size of the scheme. Each VIQ at the output port has a sequence pointer or sequence number (SN) pointer that indicates to the VIQ which cell to wait for. Once the VIQ receives the cell that the SN pointer indicated, the output port sends an ACK packet back to the input port. By using sequence numbers and the relevant pointers, the packet out-of-sequence problem is solved.

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