摘要:
The decision within a packet processing device to transmit a newly arriving packet into a queue to await further processing or to discard the same packet is made by a flow control method and system. The flow control is updated with a constant period determined by storage and flow rate limits. The update includes comparing current queue occupancy to a threshold. The outcome of the update is adjustment up or down of the transmit probability value. The value is stored for the subsequent period of flow control and packets arriving during that period are subject to a transmit or discard decision that uses that value.
摘要:
The decision within a packet processing device to transmit a newly arriving packet into a queue to await further processing or to discard the same packet is made by a flow control method and system. The flow control is updated with a constant period determined by storage and flow rate limits. The update includes comparing current queue occupancy to a threshold. The outcome of the update is adjustment up or down of the transmit probability value. The value is stored for the subsequent period of flow control and packets arriving during that period are subject to a transmit or discard decision that uses that value.
摘要:
The decision within a packet processing device to transmit a newly arriving packet into a queue to await processing or to discard the same packet is made by a flow control method and system. The flow control is updated with a constant period determined by storage and flow rate limits. The update includes comparing current queue occupancy to thresholds and also comparing present queue occupancy to previous queue occupancy. The outcome of the update is a new transmit probability value. The value is stored for the subsequent period of flow control and packets arriving during that period are subject to a transmit or discard decision that uses that value.
摘要:
A system for minimizing congestion in a communication system is disclosed. The system comprises at least one ingress system for providing data. The ingress system includes a first free queue and a first flow queue. The system also includes a first congestion adjustment module for receiving congestion indications from the free queue and the flow queue. The first congestion adjustment module generates end stores transmit probabilities and performs per packet flow control actions. The system further includes a switch fabric for receiving data from the ingress system and for providing a congestion indication to the ingress system. The system further includes at least one egress system for receiving the data from the switch fabric. The egress system includes a second free queue and a second flow queue. The system also includes a second congestion adjustment module for receiving congestion indications from the second free queue and the second flow queue. The second congestion adjustment module generates and stores transmit probabilities and performs per packet flow control actions. Finally, the system includes a scheduler for determining the order and timing of transmission of packets out the egress system and to another node or destination. A method and system in accordance with the present invention provides for a unified method and system for logical connection of congestion with the appropriate flow control responses. The method and system utilizes congestion indicators within the ingress system, egress system, and the switch fabric in conjunction with a coarse adjustment system and fine adjustment system within the ingress device and the egress device to intelligently manage the system.
摘要:
The decision within a packet processing device to transmit a newly arriving packet into a queue to await processing or to discard the same packet is made by a flow control method and system. The flow control is updated with a constant period determined by storage and flow rate limits. The update includes comparing current queue occupancy to thresholds and also comparing present queue occupancy to previous queue occupancy. The outcome of the update is a new transmit probability value. The value is stored for the subsequent period of flow control and packets arriving during that period are subject to a transmit or discard decision that uses that value.
摘要:
A method and system are disclosed for allocating data input bandwidth from a source link to a plurality of N data queues each having a variable occupancy value, Qi(t), and a constant decrement rate, Di, where i designated the ith queue among the N queues. First, a threshold occupancy value, T, is designated for the N queues. During each time step of a repeating time interval, &Dgr;t, the occupancy value, Qi, is compared with T. In response to each and every of said N data queues having occupancy values exceeding T, pausing data transmission from the source link to the N data queues, such that overflow within the data queues is minimized. In response to at least one of the N data queues having an occupancy value less than or equal to T, selecting one among the N data queues to be incremented, and incrementing the selected data queue, such that underflow of the selected queue is minimized. In the context of scheduling one cell per time step, the value of T is one. Furthermore, the method of the present invention guarantees that output port occupancy shall never, in that context, exceed two cells.
摘要:
A method and system for identifying a data structure associated with a packet of data. A processor internal to a packet processor may extract one or more fields in a packet header field of a received packet of data to generate a search key. The internal processor may then be configured to select which table, e.g., routing table, quality of service table, filter table, needs to be accessed using the search key in order to process the received packet of data. A determination may then be made by the internal processor as to whether a CAM or a hash table and a Patricia Tree are used to identify the data structure associated with the received packet of data. Based on table definitions in a register, the internal processor may make such a determination.
摘要:
A method and system for identifying a data structure associated with a packet of data. A processor internal to a packet processor may extract one or more fields in a packet header field of a received packet of data to generate a search key. The internal processor may then be configured to select which table, e.g., routing table, quality of service table, filter table, needs to be accessed using the search key in order to process the received packet of data. A determination may then be made by the internal processor as to whether a CAM or a hash table and a Patricia Tree are used to identify the data structure associated with the received packet of data. Based on table definitions in a register, the internal processor may make such a determination.
摘要:
A Resource Reservation System includes a Token Generation Unit (TGU) which generates and circulates among nodes of a communications system a Slotted Token (SLT) message having sub-fields to carry identification number for each input port in a node and the resource available for each input port. On receiving the message the Resource Control Unit (RCU) in each node can write port identification number, available resource in appropriate sub-fields of the SLT message, and reserve resources in other nodes by adjusting information in the sub-field associated with the other nodes.
摘要:
A technique for maintaining input/output (I/O) command ordering on a bus includes assigning a channel identifier to I/O commands of an I/O stream. In this case, the channel identifier indicates the I/O commands belong to the I/O stream. A command location indicator is assigned to each of the I/O commands. The command location indicator provides an indication of which one of the I/O commands is a start command in the I/O stream and which of the I/O commands are continue commands in the I/O stream. The I/O commands are issued in a desired completion order. When a first one of the I/O commands does not complete successfully, the I/O commands in the I/O stream are reissued on the bus starting at the first one of the I/O commands that did not complete successfully.