Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac – Task management or control – Process scheduling
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-22
2008-01-22
An, Meng-Al T. (Department: 2195)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac
Task management or control
Process scheduling
C718S100000, C712S200000, C708S235000, C708S505000, C708S670000, C708S671000, C370S218000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07322032
ABSTRACT:
A computerized device has dynamically modifiable hardware, such as an ASIC, that performs queue-scheduling operations. The hardware incorporates a generic sorting processor (GSP) that is dynamically configurable to implement various sorting algorithms to meet specific queue scheduling requirements for the computerized device. The computerized device extracts a first time stamp value and a second time stamp value associated with a first queue and a second queue, respectively. The computerized device receives instructions to configure a table of the GSP with scheduling entries. The computerized device compares the first time stamp value with the second time stamp value to form a comparison result. The computerized device then selects a decision instruction from the table, based upon the comparison result, and identifies a preferred queue of the first queue and the second queue, based upon the decision instruction.
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Goss Gregory S.
Kappler Christopher J.
Slane Albert A.
An Meng-Al T.
BainwoodHuang
Cisco Technology Inc.
Tang Kenneth
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