公开(公告)号：US11711158B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-25

申请号：US17359667

申请日：2021-06-28

Applicant: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.

Inventor： Dotan David Levi ,  Wojciech Wasko ,  Natan Manevich ,  Hillel Chapman ,  Roi Geuli ,  Eyal Serbro

IPC: H04J3/06

CPC classification number: H04J3/0661 ,  H04J3/062

Abstract: A network device includes a port, a transmission pipeline and a time-stamping circuit. The port is configured for connecting to a network. The transmission pipeline includes multiple pipeline stages and is configured to process packets and to send the packets to the network via the port. The time-stamping circuit is configured to temporarily suspend at least some processing of at least a given packet in the transmission pipeline, to verify whether a pipeline stage having a variable processing delay, located downstream from the time-stamping circuit, meets an emptiness condition, and, only when the pipeline stage meets the emptiness condition, to time-stamp the given packet and resume the processing of the given packet.

公开(公告)号：US20220416925A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17359667

申请日：2021-06-28

Applicant: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.

Inventor： Dotan David Levi ,  Wojciech Wasko ,  Natan Manevich ,  Hillel Chapman ,  Roi Geuli ,  Eyal Serbro

IPC: H04J3/06

Abstract: A network device includes a port, a transmission pipeline and a time-stamping circuit. The port is configured for connecting to a network. The transmission pipeline includes multiple pipeline stages and is configured to process packets and to send the packets to the network via the port. The time-stamping circuit is configured to temporarily suspend at least some processing of at least a given packet in the transmission pipeline, to verify whether a pipeline stage having a variable processing delay, located downstream from the time-stamping circuit, meets an emptiness condition, and, only when the pipeline stage meets the emptiness condition, to time-stamp the given packet and resume the processing of the given packet.