H - Electricity – 04 – B
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H - Electricity
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H04B 10/08 (2006.01) H04B 10/20 (2006.01) H04L 12/26 (2006.01) H04L 12/56 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2160934
A frame time monitoring system (100) tracks the time in which data frames (11) reside within a fiber optic switch (30) for a fiber optic network. The network switch (30) transfers data frames (11) from source ports (33) to destination ports (33). The frame time monitoring system comprises a digital signal processor (DSP) (100a), which is configured by a software program (108) to implement a plurality of timers (164) relative to frames (11) to be routed through the switch (30) from a source port (33) to a destination port (33). The processor (100a) operates as an incrementer and is configured to output a series of sequential timer states (144) corresponding to each particular frame (11). The timer states (144) are generally indicative of the amount of time in which the frame (11) has resided in the switch (30). A logic network (100b) of logic gates is connected to the processor (100a) to receive and interpret the timer states (144). The logic network (100b) has frame busy (FBSY) and delete mechanisms (204, 207) for determining elapse of respective FBSY and delete time periods based upon the timer states (144). The FBSY and delete mechanisms (204, 207) generate respective FBSY and delete signals (146, 147) after the elapse of the periods, which can vary for optimization reasons depending upon frame class and type. Thus, in the foregoing configuration, a processor (100a) is utilized as a timing incrementer and logical decisions are allocated to the logic network (100b), resulting in an optimum balance between hardware and software so as to minimize cost, space requirements, and complexity, and maximize frame tracking resolution.
Book David
Grant Robert H.
Sullivan Gregory T.
Hewlett-Packard Company
Sim & Mcburney
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