Level two first-in-first-out transmission
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsThomas Anton Leyrer, William Cronin Wallace, David Alston Lide
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Abstract
A circuit device includes an interface circuit configured to generate a first network packet and a second network packet. The interface circuit includes preemption circuitry and transmission circuitry. The preemption circuitry is configured to cause the first network packet to be generated as a set of packet fragments that includes a first packet fragment and a second packet fragment and cause the second network packet to be transmitted between the first packet fragment and the second packet fragment. The transmission circuitry is configured to transmit the first packet fragment of the first network packet, the second network packet, and the second packet fragment of the second network packet.
Claims11
A circuit device comprising:
- an interface circuit configured to generate a first network packet and a second network packet, wherein the interface circuit includes:
- preemption circuitry configured to:
- cause the first network packet to be generated as a set of packet fragments that includes a first packet fragment and a second packet fragment, wherein the first packet fragment includes a value that indicates a count of how many packet fragments are in the set of packet fragments of the first network packet;
- and
- cause the first packet fragment to be transmitted, the second network packet to be transmitted following transmission of the first packet fragment, and the second packet fragment to be transmitted following transmission of the second network packet;
- and
- transmission circuitry configured to transmit the first packet fragment of the first network packet, the second network packet, and the second packet fragment of the second network packet.
A circuit device comprising:
- a buffer;
- a processor coupled to the buffer and configured to:
- store, in the buffer, a first set of data and a second set of data;
- and
- provide a code that specifies to preempt a network packet, the code not being part of any network packet;
- and
- an interface circuit coupled to the buffer and configured to generate a first network packet associated with the first set of data and a second network packet associated with the second set of data, wherein the interface circuit includes:
- preemption circuitry configured to:
- cause the first network packet to be divided in response to the code, wherein the first network packet is generated as a set of packet fragments that includes a first packet fragment and a second packet fragment;
- and
- cause the second network packet to be transmitted between the first packet fragment and the second packet fragment;
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- transmission circuitry configured to transmit the first packet fragment of the first network packet, the second network packet, and the second packet fragment of the second network packet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.