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US 2025/0167932 A1Published application
Storage device for transmitting frame sequence number and credit information faster, and method of operating the same
AssigneeSK hynix Inc.
InventorWoon Yong JO
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Abstract
A storage device may execute a function of a data link layer among a plurality of communication layers of Unified protocol (UniPro), obtain a frame sequence number indicating a sequence of a first frame from the first frame before storing the first frame received from an external device into a reception buffer, and add the frame sequence number to a second frame.
Claims10
A storage device comprising:
- a reception circuit configured to receive a first frame from an external device;
- a transmission circuit configured to transmit a second frame to the external device;
- and
- a controller configured to execute a function of a data link layer among a plurality of communication layers of Unified protocol (UniPro);
- wherein the controller is configured to obtain a frame sequence number indicating a sequence of the first frame from the first frame before storing the first frame in a reception buffer,
- wherein the controller is configured to generate credit information indicating a size of an available space of the reception buffer after storing the first frame in the reception buffer, and add the credit information to a third frame, and
- wherein the transmission circuit is configured to transmit the third frame to the external device.
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A method of operating a storage device, the method comprising:
- receiving a first frame from an external device through a data link layer among a plurality of communication layers of Unified protocol (UniPro);
- obtaining a frame sequence number indicating a sequence of the first frame before storing the first frame in a reception buffer;
- generating a second frame;
- transmitting the second frame to the external device through the data link layer,
- generating credit information indicating a size of an available space of the reception buffer after storing the first frame in the reception buffer;
- generating a third frame including the credit information;
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- transmitting the third frame to the external device through the data link layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.