Backplane interface adapter with error control and redundant fabric
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04L-012/28
H04L-012/741
H04L-012/54
H04L-012/863
H04L-012/933
H04L-012/947
H04L-012/935
H04L-012/861
H04L-012/879
H04L-012/931
출원번호
US-0075331
(2013-11-08)
등록번호
US-8964754
(2015-02-24)
발명자
/ 주소
Patel, Ronak
Wong, Ming G.
Lin, Yu-Mei
Chang, Andrew
Wong, Yuen Fai
출원인 / 주소
Foundry Networks, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Fountainhead Law Group P.C.
인용정보
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4인용 특허 :
362
초록▼
A backplane interface adapter with error control and redundant fabric for a high-performance network switch. The error control may be provided by an administrative module that includes a level monitor, a stripe synchronization error detector, a flow controller, and a control character presence track
A backplane interface adapter with error control and redundant fabric for a high-performance network switch. The error control may be provided by an administrative module that includes a level monitor, a stripe synchronization error detector, a flow controller, and a control character presence tracker. The redundant fabric transceiver of the backplane interface adapter improves the adapter's ability to properly and consistently receive narrow input cells carrying packets of data and output wide striped cells to a switching fabric.
대표청구항▼
1. A method comprising: distributing, by a transmitter device, data blocks across a plurality of stripes in a round-robin fashion, wherein the data blocks originate from one or more streams comprising network packets, wherein each data block has a fixed size, and wherein the distributing comprises i
1. A method comprising: distributing, by a transmitter device, data blocks across a plurality of stripes in a round-robin fashion, wherein the data blocks originate from one or more streams comprising network packets, wherein each data block has a fixed size, and wherein the distributing comprises inserting, between the data blocks, control information in each stripe at a predetermined data block interval, the control information being operable for synchronizing the plurality of stripes at a receiver device; andtransmitting, by the transmitter device, the plurality of stripes in parallel to the receiver device. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the distributing further comprises inserting, between the data blocks, state information in each stripe. 3. The method of claim 2 wherein the state information in a stripe comprises one or more identifiers that are usable for classifying the data blocks in the stripe. 4. The method of claim 3 wherein the one or more identifiers include a source or destination packet processor identifier. 5. The method of claim 2 wherein the state information in a stripe comprises a payload state for the data blocks in the stripe. 6. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of stripes are transmitted to the receiver device over a plurality of physical communication channels between the transmitter device and the receiver device. 7. The method of claim 6 wherein one or more of the plurality of physical communication channels are electrical communication channels. 8. The method of claim 6 wherein one or more of the plurality of physical communication channels are optical communication channels. 9. The method of claim 6 wherein each of the plurality of physical communication channels supports a throughput of at least 10 Gigabits per second (Gbps). 10. The method of claim 9 wherein the plurality of physical communication channels comprise at least four physical communication channels. 11. The method of claim 6 wherein each of the plurality of physical communication channels is a serial channel. 12. A network device comprising: one or more hardware control components that distribute data blocks across a plurality of stripes in a round-robin fashion, wherein the data blocks originate from one or more streams comprising network packets, wherein each data block has a fixed size, and wherein the distributing comprises inserting, between the data blocks, control information in each stripe at a predetermined data block interval, the control information being operable for synchronizing the plurality of stripes at a receiver device; andone or more hardware control components that transmit the plurality of stripes in parallel to the receiver device. 13. The network device of claim 12 wherein the distributing further comprises inserting, between the data blocks, state information in each stripe. 14. The network device of claim 13 wherein the state information in a stripe comprises one or more identifiers that are usable for classifying the data blocks in the stripe. 15. The network device of claim 14 wherein the one or more identifiers include a source or destination packet processor identifier. 16. The network device of claim 13 wherein the state information in a stripe comprises a payload state for the data blocks in the stripe. 17. The network device of claim 12 wherein the plurality of stripes are transmitted to the receiver device over a plurality of physical communication channels between the transmitter device and the receiver device. 18. The network device of claim 17 wherein one or more of the plurality of physical communication channels are electrical communication channels. 19. The network device of claim 17 wherein one or more of the plurality of physical communication channels are optical communication channels. 20. The network device of claim 17 wherein each of the plurality of physical communication channels supports a throughput of at least 10 Gigabits per second (Gbps). 21. The network device of claim 20 wherein the plurality of physical communication channels comprise at least four physical communication channels. 22. The network device of claim 17 wherein each of the plurality of physical communication channels is a serial channel. 23. A network device comprising: means for distributing data blocks across a plurality of stripes in a round-robin fashion, wherein the data blocks originate from one or more streams comprising network packets, wherein each data block has a fixed size, and wherein the distributing comprises inserting, between the data blocks, control information in each stripe at a predetermined data block interval, the control information being operable for synchronizing the plurality of stripes at a receiver device; andmeans for transmitting the plurality of stripes in parallel to the receiver device.
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