Method for aggregating ports on an ATM switch for the purpose of

Details Method for aggregating ports on an ATM switch for the purpose of Method for aggregating ports on an ATM switch for the purpose of

1992-05-20

1994-06-28

Safourek, Benedict V.

Multiplex communications

Wide area network

Packet switching

370 941, H04L 1256

Patent

active

053253566

ABSTRACT:
In an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switch having a Batcher sorting network followed by a plurality of banyan routing networks for switching packets from trunk grouped inputs to non-trunk grouped outputs via virtual circuits, order is maintained among the packets that are switched to the outputs by appending a bit, called the "stopper ID," to the destination address of each packet. This bit is computed on an input-by-input basis by a reservation ring that gives all inputs that are contending for access to any given output fair, round robin access to that output depending upon the round robin position of the particular input, so it is a valid sort key for preserving cell order. However, when packets are switched from trunk grouped inputs to trunk grouped outputs, a secondary sort key is employed for preserving the ordering of packets that are transferred via the same virtual circuit. This secondary sort key suitably is provided by using a k bit wide count (where k equals the number of banyan networks) to identify the ordering of packets on any given virtual circuit. A sort performed with this secondary sort key preserves the ordering of all packets on the same virtual circuit if no packets are permitted to join in on an arbitration session that is in progress or if priority is given during each arbitration session to any packets that lost during the preceding arbitration session.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4893304 (1990-01-01), Giacopelli
patent: 5132965 (1992-07-01), Zhang

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