Patent ID: 11929931
Assignee: MARVELL ISRAEL (M.I.S.L) LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. The method for processing packets of claim 13, wherein:
the one or more ports comprises multiple ports;
the external packet memory is a first external packet memory among a plurality of external packet memories coupled to respective ports among the multiple ports; and
the method further comprises:
selecting ports from among the multiple ports to which groups of multiple packets in the plurality of queues from the internal packet memory are to be forwarded to transfer the groups of multiple packets to the plurality of external memories, and
forwarding the groups of multiple packets to the selected ports among the multiple ports to transfer the groups of multiple packets to the plurality of external memories so that queues among the plurality of queues are stored across the internal packet memory and ones of the plurality of external packet memories.