Highly-scalable hardware-based traffic management within a network processor integrated circuit

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PATENT NO 7742411
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11935298

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A technique for managing traffic within a network processor integrated circuit (IC) involves establishing multiple queue groups, associating a different hardware counter with each queue group, and then using the hardware counters to support rate shaping and scheduling of all of the queues in the queue groups. For example, 512 queue groups of thirty-two queues each queue group are established for a total of 16,384 (16 k) different queues and a different hardware counter is associated with each queue group for a total of 512 hardware counters. The group-specific hardware counters are used to implement hardware-based rate shaping and scheduling of all 16 k queues in a resource efficient manner that supports high throughput, e.g., on the order of 40 Gbps.

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BAY MICROSYSTEMS INC2055 GATEWAY PLACE SUITE 650 SAN JOSE CA 95110

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Chang, Martin San Jose, US 12 68
Chen, Ray Cupertino, US 29 401
Chen, Steve Cupertino, US 73 2134
Trinh, Man San Jose, US 2 51

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