Patent ID: 9384157
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a first arbiter of a first processor, a request to send a message from a first component to a second component, determining that the second component is located on the second processor; in response to said determining that the second component is located on the second processor, determining that the second processor can be communicated with via a first bidirectional communication path, wherein the first bidirectional communication path couples the first processor with the second processor; in response to said determining that the second processor can be communicated with via the first bidirectional communication path, determining that bandwidth is available on the first bidirectional communication path; in response to said determining that bandwidth is available on the first bidirectional communication path, determining that bandwidth is available on a second bidirectional communication path, in response to said determining that bandwidth is available on the second bidirectional communication path, in response to said determining that bandwidth is not available on the second bidirectional communication path or said determining that bandwidth is not available on the first bidirectional communication path, delaying the grant of the request to send the message to the second component.