Method for managing communications between two devices mutually connected via a serial link, for example a point-to-point serial interface protocol
AssigneeSTMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
InventorsAbdelaziz GOULAHSEN, Gilles RIES
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Abstract
A system may include a first device, a second device, a third device, and a serial link between the second device and the third device. The first device may be configured to deliver to the second device an information stream having a transmission fault tolerance associated with a transmission by the second device to the third device over the serial link. A related method may include, during the transmission over the serial link, phases for synchronization between the second and third devices, and during each synchronization phase, the first device may continue to deliver the information stream to the second device.
Claims28
1-27. (canceled)
A method for managing communications within a system comprising a first device, a second device coupled to the first device, a third device, and a serial link between the second device and the third device, the first device being configured to deliver to the second device an information stream having a transmission fault tolerance associated with a transmission of the information stream by the second device to the third device over the serial link, the method comprising:
- during the transmission over the serial link, generating a plurality of synchronization phases between the second and third devices;
- and
- during each of the plurality of synchronization phases, causing the first device to continue to deliver the information stream to the second device.
A system comprising:
- a first device;
- a second device coupled to said first device;
- a third device;
- and
- a serial link coupled between said second device and said third device;
- said first device comprising a first processor configured to deliver to said second device an information stream having a transmission fault tolerance associated with a transmission of the information stream by said second device to said third device over the said serial link;
- said second device comprising a second processor configured to generate, during the transmission of the information stream over said serial link, a plurality of synchronization phases for synchronization between said second and third devices;
- said first device further comprising control circuitry configured to, during each of the plurality of synchronization phases, permit said first processor to continue to deliver the information stream to said second device.
A device to be connected to a serial link, the device comprising:
- an input configured to receive an information stream having a transmission fault tolerance associated with a transmission of the information stream over the serial link;
- and
- a processor configured to generate, during the transmission over the serial link, a plurality of synchronization phases over the serial link;
- said input being further configured to continue to receive the information stream during each of the plurality of synchronization phases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.