Patent ID: 8254255
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a module within a first stage of a switch fabric; a module within a second stage of the switch fabric, the module within the second stage including a queue within a memory to buffer data, the module within the first stage to send data to the module within the second stage; and a module within a third stage of the switch fabric, the module within the third stage being within a same chip package as the module within the first stage, the module within the second stage to send data to the module within the third stage, the module within the second stage to send a first suspension indicator to the module within the third stage in response to an amount of data within the queue exceeding a threshold, the module within the third stage to send a second suspension indicator to the module within the first stage in response to the first suspension indicator, the module within the first stage to stop sending data to the module within the second stage in response to the second suspension indicator.