(57) ABSTRACT A system and method for late-dropping packets in a network Switch. A
network Switch may include multiple input ports, multiple output ports, and a shared random …

A system and method for input thresholding packets in a network switch. A network switch
may include multiple input ports, multiple output ports, and a shared random access memory …

A system and method for ensuring that packets are not switched out of order in a network
switch capable of dynamically selecting different routing techniques. The network switch …

(57) ABSTRACT A System and method providing virtual channels with credit based flow
control on links between network Switches. A network Switch may include multiple input …

(57) ABSTRACT A network Switch including a set of communication ports is provided. The
communication ports may have an allocated prebuffer to store data during packet Switching …

A network switch as well as methods, systems and computer program products for
controlling congestion at a granularity of less than a link are provided. Such finer granularity …

The present invention provides a method for regulating packet flow at the ingress stage of a
packet Switching device. Specifically, bandwidth utilization information is obtained for each …

(57) ABSTRACT A system and method is provided for transferring packet switched data
across a network. A network interface may be connected to a primary switch and a …

Certain aspects of a method and system for an adaptive queue and buffer control based on
monitoring and active congestion avoidance in a packet network switch are provided. When …

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 0003 Particular embodiments of the present invention may
reduce or eliminate disadvantages and problems tradi tionally associated with Switching …