Patent ID: 6374319
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method of servicing a plurality of agents requesting access to a bus, said method comprising:a. providing a communication path for accepting requests from first and second pairs of requesting agents; b. providing an indication of which of the requesting agents in the first pair was last considered for access to the bus; c. providing an indication of which of the requesting agents in the second pair was last considered for access to the bus; d. providing an indication of which of the pairs of requesting agents was last considered for access to the bus; e. granting access to the requesting agents currently requesting access in accordance with the priority: i. in the pair not last considered for access, the requesting agent not last considered for access; ii. in the pair not last considered for access, the requesting agent last considered for access; iii. in the pair last considered for access, the requesting agent not last considered for access; iv. in the pair last considered for access, the requesting agent last considered for access.