Patent ID: 7961630
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for stimulating a packet-based system having a number of buses, comprising: generating a first plurality of data packets for stimulating the packet-based system; scheduling the first plurality of data packets in a first hardware-based queue; generating a second plurality of data packets for stimulating the packet-based system; scheduling the second plurality of data packets in a second hardware-based queue; and for each particular queue in a plurality of hardware-based queues including the first and second hardware-based queues, transmitting a next highest priority data packet in the particular queue, via a hardware-based scheduler, over one of the number of buses, based on i) timing requirements of the next highest priority data packet in the particular queue, and ii) a determination that transmission of the next highest priority data packet in the particular queue will not delay a transmission of a higher priority data packet in another one of the plurality of queues;