Patent ID: 6931019
Filing Date: 2005-08-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In a data queueing system having a plurality of ports which include a first group and a second group, wherein each group has at least one port and no port within the first group is within the second group, a method of queueing and dequeueing data within a repetitive timing cycle, comprising: for each port within the first group, on each of the clock cycles within the repetitive timing cycle on which the port has writing privileges, determining whether the port has data for release and, if the port has data for release, releasing data from the port to a queue, and otherwise reading data from the queue; and for each port within the second group, on each of the clock cycles within the repetitive timing cycle on which the port has writing privileges, if the port has data for release, releasing data from the port to the queue.