Patent ID: 6961803
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: identifying a first portion of a first message in a first slice of a switch, the first message associated with a first priority, the first portion of the first message including a first routing portion specifying a network resource; identifying a second portion of the first message in a second slice of the switch, the second portion of the first message including the first routing portion; identifying a first portion of a second message in the first slice, the second message associated with a second priority, the first portion of the second message including a second routing portion specifying the network resource; identifying a second portion of the second message in the second slice, the second portion of the second message including the second routing portion; selecting, independently in each slice by using an arbiter included in each slice, either the first or second message based on the first and second priorities; sending the first portion of the selected message from the first slice to the network resource specified by the first routing portion or the second routing portion corresponding to the selected message; and sending the second portion of the selected message from the second slice to the network resource specified by the first routing portion or the second routing portion corresponding to the selected message.