Patent ID: 6707824
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for flexible egress traffic queuing comprising the steps of:generating a plurality of queue selection words, each queue selection word being for one of a plurality of input channels, each queue selection word including a plurality of priority values, each of the plurality of priority values to assign one of a plurality of priority levels to one of a plurality of output data queues; monitoring each of the plurality of output data queues for data; generating an output mask word if one of the plurality of output data queues contains data, the output mask word associating the one output data queue with one of the plurality of queue selection words, which in turn associates the one output data queue to one of the plurality of input channels and to one of the plurality of priority values; and processing the one output data queue according to the queue selection word and the output mask word.