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SCALABLE PACKET-SWITCH

  • US 20100316062A1
  • Filed: 06/16/2009
  • Published: 12/16/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A packet switch comprising:

  • two or more switch engines;

    two or more sets of one or more input/output (I/O) ports, each set of I/O ports connected to and associated with a corresponding switch engine;

    one or more memory devices connected to the two or more switch engines and adapted to store;

    egress task data for two or more sets of one or more egress task queues, each set of egress task queues associated with a corresponding switch engine; and

    packet data for packets received at the I/O ports and processed by the switch engines, wherein;

    the two or more switch engines are adapted to process packets in parallel; and

    each switch engine performs (i) bridging of received packets using bridging logic local to the switch engine and (ii) scheduling of received packets for transmission using scheduling logic local to the switch engine.

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