Inventors:
Jayaram K. Beladakere - Rohnert Park CA, US
Jose L. Enciso - Santa Rosa CA, US
John A. Fletcher - Novato CA, US
Richard S. Lopez - Corte Madera CA, US
Robert W. McFarland - Santa Rosa CA, US
Adam A. Weiss - Minden NV, US
Assignee:
Mahi Networks, Inc. - Petaluma CA
International Classification:
H04L 12/66
H04L 12/28
H04B 7/212
H04J 3/00
US Classification:
370353, 370356, 3703951, 370442, 370498, 3703954
Abstract:
Providing TDM services over a packet-switched fabric. Distributed scheduling is provided by overlaying a synchronized frame structure on the packet switching of the packet-switched fabric. Contention-free scheduling is achieved by prescheduling TDM traffic with the distributed scheduling mechanism. The result is a deterministic timing procedure suitable for switching TDM traffic in a packet-switched fabric.