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Method and apparatus for the management of queue pointers by multiple processors in a digital communications network

  • US 6,523,060 B1
  • Filed: 04/07/1995
  • Issued: 02/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/07/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A service module, comprising:

  • a buffer queue that stores a data queue, the buffer queue comprising a plurality of buffers being linked to one another as a linked list using next pointers;

    a first processor including a first cache coupled to the buffer queue; and

    a second processor including a second cache coupled to the buffer queue, wherein the first processor is configured to store a head pointer of the buffer queue in the first cache and the second processor is configured to store a tail pointer of the buffer queue in the second cache, the first cache being independent of the second cache.

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