Patent ID: 7170903
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for arbitrating for a switch fabric having a plurality of ports, each port from the plurality of ports having its own plurality of links, comprising: determining, on a per port basis, a subset of links from the plurality of links associated with that port, each link from the determined subset of links for that port being associated with a candidate packet, each link from the plurality of links for that port being associated with a weight value; selecting, on a per port basis, a link from the determined subset of links for that port based on the weight value for determined subset of links for that port; determining if any of the plurality of links unassociated with the candidate packet has a corresponding weight value greater than the weight value of the link; and if the corresponding weight value is greater than the weight value of the link, then the method includes, decreasing the corresponding weight value.