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Methods and apparatus for transmission of groups of cells via a switch fabric

  • US 9,077,466 B2
  • Filed: 12/03/2012
  • Issued: 07/07/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • an egress schedule module implemented in at least one of a memory or a processing device, the egress schedule module configured to receive, from an ingress schedule module associated with an ingress stage of a multi-stage switch fabric, a request to schedule transmission of a group of cells from an ingress queue, the group of cells including at least two cells, the request including a sequence value representing an order of the group of cells within a plurality of cells in the ingress queue, the egress schedule module being associated with an egress stage of the multi-stage switch fabric,the egress schedule module configured to define, in response to the request, a response including the sequence value when an egress port associated with the egress stage of the multi-stage switch fabric is available to transmit the group of cells, the egress schedule module configured to send the response to the ingress schedule module.

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