Method for controlling the order of datagrams
OwnerKen Cameroninventor
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Abstract
A method for controlling the order of datagrams, the datagrams being processed by at least one processing engine 110a, 110b, 110c, the at least one processing engine having at least one input port and at least one output port, wherein each datagram or group of datagrams has a ticket associated therewith, the ticket being used to control the order of the datagram or group of datagrams at the at least one input port of the processing engine 110a, 110b, 110c and at the at least one output port of the processing engine 110a, 110b, 110c.
Claims14
A method for controlling the order of datagrams, the datagrams being processed by at least one processing engine, each of the at least one processing engine having at least one input port and at least one output port, wherein each datagram or each group of datagrams has a ticket associated therewith, the ticket being used to control the order of the datagram or group of datagrams at the at least one input port of the processing engine and at the at least one output port of the processing engine.
A processing engine for processing datagrams in a predetermined order, the processing engine comprising at least one input port, at least one output port and at least one processing element, the at least one processing element comprising an input port connected to the at least one input port of the processing engine, an output port connected to the at least one output port of the processing engine and arithmetic and logic means, the order of processing datagrams being controlled at the at least one input port of the processing engine and the at least one output port of the processing engine by a ticket associated with the datagram or a group of the datagrams.
A processing system comprising a plurality of processing engines for processing datagrams in a predetermined order, each processing engine comprising at least one input port, at least one output port and at least one processing element, the at least one processing element comprising an input port connected to the at least one input port of the processing engine, an output port connected to the at least one output port of the processing engine and arithmetic and logic means, the order of processing datagrams being controlled at the at least one input port of the processing engine and the at least one output port of the processing engine by a ticket associated with the datagram or a group of the datagrams.
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