Patent ID: 7746889
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A storage device, comprising: a plurality of ports for allowing at least a first kind of access and a second kind of access, wherein the second kind of access having a band-secured access period longer than a band-secured access of the first kind of access; and access control means for preparing a total schedule by connecting, on a time axis a a plurality of slot units, wherein each slot unit having a length within the band-secured access period of the first kind of access so that the access period of the second kind of access is within the band-secured access period, allocating one time slot to one slot unit regarding the ports for the first kind of access, and allocating one time slot to one period of the total schedule regarding the ports for the second kind of access among the plurality of ports, and wherein an interval at which the first kind of access is repeated is shorter than an interval at which the second kind of access is repeated, and wherein the interval at which the first kind of access is repeated is shorter than the interval at which the second kind of access is repeated as a function of an integer representing the plurality of the slot units.