Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer-to-computer protocol implementing – Computer-to-computer data transfer regulating
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-06
2005-12-06
Meky, Moustafa M. (Department: 2157)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer-to-computer protocol implementing
Computer-to-computer data transfer regulating
C709S224000, C370S235000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06973503
ABSTRACT:
A method, system and computer program product for preventing at least in part overloading of a control processor. A network device may comprise at least one network processor and at least one control processor. The control processor may be configured to process slow path packets that are redirected from a network processor to the control processor. The control processor may configure control blocks to determine if the bandwidth for the control processor will be exceeded by the network processor transferring another slow path packet to the control processor. If the control block determines that transmitting the slow path packet would exceed the processing capacity of the control processor, then the control block may generate a result indicating for the network processor to discard the received packet. By discarding packets that exceed the processing capacity of the control processor, overloading of the control processor may at least in part be prevented.
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Basso Claude
Povse Max Robert
Vaidhyanathan Natarajan
Verrilli Colin Beaton
Meky Moustafa M.
Voigt, Jr. Robert A.
Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.
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