First-come first-serve arbitration protocol

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PATENT NO 5274774
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07879059

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A first-come first-serve arbitration protocol arbitrates between processing agents seeking access to a common bus. The system is an extension of a parallel contention arbiter in which each agent has an identity value made up of two portions, one a fixed portion and one a variable portion. The variable portion of each agent's identity is incremented depending on how long the agent has been waiting for access to the bus and the variable portion is the most significant portion of each agent's identity. Thus in each arbitration in which the highest identity value is awarded control of the bus, the agent which has waited the longest will gain access to the bus prior to those which have not waited as long.

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WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATIONMADISON WI

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Manber, Udi Tucson, AZ 79 4890
Vernon, Mary K Madison, WI 6 338

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