Patent ID: 7016363
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. An interconnect structure comprising; a plurality of interconnected nodes including distinct nodes A, B, C, and D; data interconnect lines AB data interconnect lines CD a data interconnect line AD coupled from the node A to the node D for sending data from the node A to the node D; means for detecting a condition at the node C; means for sending a control signal CS from the node C to the node A, the control signal being determined at least in part by the condition at the node C; and means for sending a message M arriving at the node A to the node B or the node D on a data interconnect line selected from among the data interconnect lines AB the condition at the node C, depending at least in part on quality of service of messages, if any, passing from the node C to the node D, manages sending of messages from the node A to the node D.