Method and system for accommodating several ethernet ports and a wrap transmitted flow handled by a simplifed frame-by-frame upper structure

A method for receiving packets in a computer network, the method comprising:

• providing a plurality of received packets from at least one receive port to a buffer having an input and an output, the input coupled with the at least one receive port;
• allowing a plurality of wrap packets to be received in a wrap port;
• and
• selectively providing a portion of the plurality of received packets and a portion of the plurality of wrap packets to a scheduler having a first input, a second input, and an output, the output of the buffer coupled with the first input of the scheduler and the wrap port coupled with the second input.

A computer-readable medium containing a program for receiving packets in a computer network, the program including instructions for:

• providing a plurality of received packets from at least one receive port to a buffer having an input and an output, the input coupled with the at least one receive port;
• allowing a plurality of wrap packets to be received in a wrap port;
• and
• selectively providing a portion of the plurality or received packets and the plurality of wrap packets to a scheduler having a first input, a second input, and an output, the output of the buffer coupled with the first input of the scheduler and the wrap port coupled with the second input.