Patent ID: 9565035
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: H04J,H04L

Claim:
1. A network device, comprising: a plurality of ports; a queue controller that supports an Audio Video Bridging (AVB) protocol, the queue controller having a demultiplexer for each port of the plurality of ports, each demultiplexer coupled with a respective plurality of packet descriptor queues for the corresponding port of the plurality of ports; and an ingress processor, of a plurality of ingress processors corresponding to the plurality of ports, associated with an ingress port of the plurality of ports that receives a packet; wherein the ingress processor is configured to the network device further comprising an egress processor, associated with the egress port, that wherein a first demultiplexer of the queue controller that corresponds to the egress port is configured to wherein the network device is configured to transmit packets from the first plurality of packet descriptor queues via the egress port.