Patent ID: 7346063
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A network switch comprising: at least one data port interface; a first memory; a second memory; and a memory management unit in connection with said at least one data port interface, said first memory, and said second memory, wherein the memory management unit receives data from the at least one data port interface, determines if the data is to be stored in one of the first memory or the second memory, stores the data in one of the first memory or the second memory as a linked list, retrieves the data from one of the first memory or the second memory, and forwards the data for egress, wherein the memory management unit further comprises a communication channel and a data input section in connection with the communication channel, and wherein the data input section further comprises at least one cell accumulation buffer and a slot assembly unit, the slot assembly unit being configured to receive cells from the at least one cell accumulation buffer and package the received cells into cell slots to be stored in the second memory, wherein, when the data is stored in the second memory, global storage of data is initialized and continued until a last slot is stored.