Flow control mechanisms on synchronous serial tdma bus
AssigneeNXP B.V.
InventorXavier Lambrecht
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Abstract
A method of transmitting data allows flow control information to be transmitted with the user data over a synchronous bus. A channel is defined, identifying the source and at least one sink, and this includes the definition of a transport profile, indicating a flow control requirement for the data. Data is then transmitted from the source over the bus in at least one data time slot (30) and, if indicated by the transport profile, flow control information is also transmitted from the source over the bus in at least one flow control time slot (20) associated with the data time slot.
Claims21
A method of transmitting data from a source to at least one sink over a synchronous TDMA bus, the method comprising:
- defining a channel, by identifying the source and the at least one sink;
- defining a transport profile, wherein said transport profile indicates a flow control requirement for said data;
- transmitting said data from said source over said bus in at least one data time slot;
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- if indicated by said transport profile, transmitting flow control information from said source over said bus in at least one flow control time slot associated with said data time slot.
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