Patent ID: 9215094
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting data frames to a plurality of output ports, each of the data frames having a destination associated with one of the output ports, the method comprising: at each of a plurality of input ports, partitioning a portion of a data frame to provide two or more ordered data cells, each portion having data representative of a sequence number corresponding to an output port associated with the destination of the data frame; receiving a forwarded data cell for each ordered data cell associated with each data frame having a destination associated with the output port, each forwarded data cell corresponding with an ordered data cell and data frame associated with the ordered data cell; and completing transmission of each of said two or more ordered data cells of a first data frame to a crossbar prior to a transmission of any ordered data cells of a second data frame to the crossbar, wherein each of the output ports is to include logic to indicate availability of buffer space for the receipt of additional cells from the crossbar.