US Patent 7869356 Dynamic buffer pool in PCIExpress switches

Patent 7869356 was granted and assigned to PLX Technology (company) on January, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

PLX Technology (company)

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

78693560

Patent Inventor Names

Joe Keirouz0

Jeffrey Michael Dodson0

Date of Patent

January 11, 2011

Patent Application Number

123364020

Date Filed

December 16, 2008

Patent Primary Examiner

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Kwang B Yao

Patent abstract

In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method for handling a Transaction Layer Packets (TLPs) from devices in a switch is provided, the method comprising: subtracting a first number of credits from a credit pool associated with a first port on which a first device is connected; determining if the amount of credits in the credit pool associated with the first port is less than a first predetermined threshold; and if the amount of credits in the credit pool associated with the first port is less than the first predetermined threshold, assigning a second number of credits from a shared credit pool to the credit pool associated with the first port.