Apparatus and method that schedules movement of packets within network devices, such as network processors, includes a calendar using a sectored hierarchical routine to identify the next packet to be moved from one of a plurality of flow queues. The segmented hierarchical routine allows searching to...http://www.google.fr/patents/US7113517?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US7113517 - Configurable hardware scheduler calendar search algorithm
