| US 7,420,987 B1 | ||
| Arbiter for multiple mutually exclusive vectors | ||
| Debashis Basu, San Jose, Calif. (US); and Edwin Su, San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 25, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/202,394. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/348647, filed on Jan. 17, 2002. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04J 3/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—462 [370/413] | 20 Claims |
| 1. An arbiter for performing arbitration, comprising:
combination logic configured to logically combine a plurality of mutually exclusive vectors into a combination vector;
a plurality of vector arbiters, each configured to arbitrate on one of the mutually exclusive vectors to develop a mutually
exclusive vector result;
a combination arbiter configured to arbitrate on the combination vector to develop a combination vector result; and
a plurality of comparison elements, each configured to compare one of the mutually exclusive vector results with the combination
vector result.
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