Round-robin protocol method for arbitrating access to a shared bus arbitration providing preference to lower priority units after bus access by a higher priority unit

摘要: A protocol is disclosed for the round-robin distributed arbitration of access to a common resource, such as bus, in multiprocessor system or machine. The assigns identity values each agent, processor, which are compared during determine agent awarded control bus. To enhance fairness agents having an value lower than winner last favored over higher next subsequent arbitration.