Patent ID: 7072352
Filing Date: 2006-07-04
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method of inverse multiplexing unmanaged traffic flows over a multi-star switch network, comprising: classifying incoming traffic to a flow; assigning a packet sequence number to a packet from a unmanaged traffic flow going to a destination node, placing the packet into an unmanaged traffic queue, and maintaining an expected sequence number (ESN); processing and transmitting all managed packets destined for a switch, then processing and transmitting an unmanaged packet from the unmanaged traffic queue; placing an arriving unmanaged packet without the ESN from a switch fabric output into a destination source-node-specific-unmanaged-traffic buffer (SNSUT) to form a placed unmanaged packet without the ESN; and moving an arriving unmanaged packet having the ESN, an arriving managed packet received from the switch fabric output, or a placed unmanaged packet having the ESN in the SNSUT, to an intended output queue, wherein the placing and moving are carried out by a source-node-specific-sequence-checking-process (SNSSCP).