US 2001/0025317 A1 · Method of controlling the flow of information between senders and receivers across links being used as channels

Abstract

Controlling the flow of information between senders and receivers across links being used as channels. In one example, a self-timed interface link is adapted to be used as a channel. Such an interface is referred to as an integrated cluster bus. The flow control for the integrated cluster bus includes, for instance, a Data Request packet that indicates to the transmitter of data that it can now send the data; a continue indicator that specifies that more data is to follow; and a sequence indicator that is used to determine if a particular message is in proper sequence order. The integrated cluster bus does not require large data buffers and offers low latency messaging.

Claims2

Dependent claims

A method of controlling the flow of information across links between senders and receivers, said method comprising:

sending a request from a sender to a receiver via a link;
forwarding a data request indication from said receiver to said sender via said link in response to said request, said data request indication indicating that said receiver is prepared to receive further information from said sender;
providing, by said sender, in response to said data request indication, said further information;
and
wherein said link is being used as a channel in that the link is not stopped while said receiver is preparing for said further information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

09/874,488Filed 5 Jun 2001

Priority

10 Sep 1998

Published

27 Sep 2001

Term ends

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Classification4 codes

H04L 47/34
Flow control; Congestion control: ensuring sequence integrity, e.g. using sequence numbers
H04L 47/10
Traffic control in data switching networks: flow control; Congestion control
H04L 47/26
Flow control; Congestion control: using explicit feedback to the source, e.g. choke packets
H04L
Digital communication

Method of controlling the flow of information between senders and receivers across links being used as channels

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Method of controlling the flow of information between senders and receivers across links being used as channels

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Abstract

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