Wireless Peripheral Interconnect Bus
AssigneeWilocity, Ltd.
InventorsTal Tamir, Daniel Rettig
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Abstract
A wireless peripheral interconnect bus that enables the transferring of data at a high rate over wireless medium. The bus further enables the wireless connection of peripheral components to a computing device, thereby providing a distributed computing device. The bus implements a layered protocol to provide a reliable link over the wireless medium. The wireless peripheral interconnect bus may be implemented as at least one of a peripheral component interconnect PCI Express™ (PCIe) bus, a PCIe second generation, or a PCIe third generation.
Claims18
A wireless peripheral interconnect bus capable of providing a high rate data transfer between peripheral devices over a wireless medium, comprising:
- a first wireless pair for transferring data between a first peripheral component and a second peripheral component, wherein the first wireless pair implements at least at a layered protocol;
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- a second wireless pair for transferring data between a second peripheral component and the first peripheral component, wherein the second wireless pair implements at least a layered protocol.
A method for transporting data of peripheral component interconnect PCI Express (PCIe) bus over a wireless medium, comprising:
- receiving transaction link packets (TLPs) from a transaction link layer of the PCIe bus;
- assembling the TPLs into a wireless PCIe adoption packet (WPAP);
- constructing a wireless physical (WPHY) frame, wherein the WHPY frame includes at least a plurality of symbols and each symbol includes at least one WPAP;
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- transmitting the WPHY frame over the wireless medium using a wireless modem.
A wireless peripheral component interconnect PCI Express (PCIe) fabric, comprising:
- a switch coupled to a host bridge and a plurality of PCIe endpoints;
- a first wireless pair of a wireless peripheral interconnect bus connected to the switch;
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- a second wireless pair of a wireless peripheral interconnect bus connected to a PCIe component, wherein the first wireless pair and the second wireless pair communicates over a wireless link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.