Apparatus and method for dynamically limiting output queue size in a quality of service network
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May 6, 2014
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Aug 29, 2011
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A network switch including a plurality of ports; a memory, and a queue controller. The queue controller is configured to: maintain a list of pointers to a first plurality of buffers in the memory; of the first plurality of buffers, selectively allocate a first buffer to a first port of the plurality of ports; in response to i) the first port receiving a first frame of data, ii) the first buffer being allocated to the first port, and iii) the first frame being stored in the memory, remove the pointer to the first buffer from the list of pointers; transfer, to an output queue associated with a second port of the plurality of ports, the pointer to the first buffer; and in response to the first frame of data being sent from the second port, add the pointer to the first buffer back to the list of pointers.
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