
Combine Entity Paths
5-13
• Connecting a feedback path: A feedback path enters the same queue as an
ordinary path.
Sequence Simultaneous Pending Arrivals
The Path Combiner block does not experience any collisions, even if multiple entities
attempt to arrive at the same time. The categories of behavior are as follows:
• If the entity output port is not blocked when the entities attempt to arrive, then the
sequence of arrivals depends on the sequence of departure events from blocks that
precede the Path Combiner block. For example, the section “Connect Multiple Queues
to the Output Switch” on page 5-20 describes a dependence on generation event
priority values in the “No blockage” case.
Even if the departure time is the same for multiple entities, the sequence might affect
the system's behavior. For example, if the entities advance to a queue, the departure
sequence determines their positions in the queue.
• If pending entities are waiting to advance to the Path Combiner block when its
entity output port changes from blocked to unblocked, then the entity input ports are
notified of the change sequentially. The change from blocked to unblocked means that
an entity can advance to the Path Combiner block.
If at least two entities are waiting to advance to the Path Combiner block via distinct
entity input ports, then the notification sequence is important because the first port
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