Apparatus to speculatively identify packets for transmission and method therefor
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a packet selector to speculate and select at least two packets, one of which is to be transmitted.
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Abstract
Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a system includes: shared memory. The system includes the capability to transfer to a router processing unit a fragment of a received frame and a pointer to the fragment in shared memory.
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25 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
a packet selector to speculate and select at least two packets, one of which is to be transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
determining conditional information to select which of at least two packets are to be transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A wireless network comprising:
at least two nodes adapted to wirelessly transmit packets, wherein each node includes a packet selector to speculate which of at least two packets may be transmitted and provide conditional information used to select which of the at least two packets is transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An article comprising a storage medium having stored thereon instructions, that, when executed by a computing platform, results in:
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providing a transmitter with at least two packets of data for transmission; and
providing a transmitter with conditional information to determine which of the at least two packets is transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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