Abstract: A queue length arbiter system provides for selecting from a plurality of N queues requiring access to a resource. The system includes: an arbitration circuit; and a plurality of weight circuits each being associated with a corresponding one of the queues, and being operative to store a corresponding weight count value, and also being operative to initialize the corresponding weight count value to a corresponding initial weight value determined based on a length value indicative of a number of data portions enqueued at the corresponding queue at an initial time, and being further operative to decrease the corresponding weight count value in response to a corresponding one of a plurality of grant signals, and also being operative to generate a corresponding one of a plurality of weight count signals, the corresponding weight count signal carrying the corresponding weight count value.