发明名称 |
Apparatus and method for traffic shaping in a network switch |
摘要 |
An apparatus and method for traffic shaping in a network switch, which provides for per-connection shaping. A Cell Descriptor (CD)-processing block and a ShapeID processing block operate to de-couple the management of the CDs from the scheduling of the CD output times. The CD-processing block outputs a token (ShapeID) to the ShapeID block. If the token is conforming, it is immediately passed back to the CD-processing block, otherwise it is processed. When the token is "mature" the token is passed back to the CD-processing block. Use of "now" and "later" lists with per-connection ShapeIDs provides priority within a virtual connection (VC) and a virtual path (VP), respectively. This effectively preserves the relative priority for connections being shaped within a VP. Also, the use of a Calendar Queue reduces the complexity of a "virtual finishing time" (VFT) calculation.
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申请公布号 |
US6768717(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2004.07.27 |
申请号 |
US20000580222 |
申请日期 |
2000.05.26 |
申请人 |
NETWORK EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |
发明人 |
REYNOLDS MIKE;LOWPENSKY TODD;LEMYRE RICHARD |
分类号 |
H04L12/417;(IPC1-7):H04L12/26 |
主分类号 |
H04L12/417 |
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