Patent ID: 7009933

Claim:
A system for policing traffic of packet transfer in a hub, said system comprising: a first circuit, a second circuit connected to said first circuit; a first data line connecting said first circuit to said second circuit, wherein data is transmitted within and between said first circuit and said second circuit across said first data line; a second data line connecting said first circuit to said second circuit, wherein data is transmitted within and between said first circuit and said second circuit across said second data line; a monitor that monitors said first data line to determine when an amount of data being transmitted on said first data line within said first circuit has reached a threshold; a blocking mechanism that prevents data from being transmitted on said first data line from said first circuit to said second circuit when the amount of data being transmitted on said first data line has reached said threshold; and a transmitter that transmits data across said second data line, from first ports on said first circuit, to third ports on said second circuit, when the amount of data being transmitted on said first data line has reached said threshold.