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Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Michael T Hamilton0
Jeffrey Joel Walls0
Date of Patent
November 11, 2008
Patent Application Number
10361231
Date Filed
February 8, 2003
Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
An apparatus for communicating with a network comprises a packet pointer pool, a queue, logic, and a network interface. The packet pointer pool has a plurality of entries that respectively point to different memory blocks. The logic is configured to pull one of the entries from the packet pointer pool. Such logic is configured to store a data packet in one of the memory blocks pointed to by the one entry and to insert the one entry into the queue. Logic is configured to pull the one entry from the queue and to retrieve the data packet from the one memory block based on the one entry. The network interface is configured to communicate the data packet with a network.
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