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US 7,548,563 B1Granted
Data transmission using address encoding
AssigneeMarvell International Ltd.
InventorMichael Orr
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Abstract
An apparatus having a corresponding method and computer program comprises an output circuit to transmit a frame of data, the frame comprising an N-bit address field; an encoder to encode J bits of an N-bit address as an M-bit binary number, wherein M<J and J≦N; and an address circuit to place the M-bit binary number and a K-bit binary number in the N-bit address field before the output circuit transmits the frame of data, wherein K≦J−M.
Claims39
An apparatus comprising:
- an output circuit to transmit a frame of data, the frame of data comprising an N-bit address field, where N is an integer greater than 1;
- an encoder to encode J bits of an N-bit address as an M-bit binary number, wherein J and M are integers greater than 1, and M<J and J≦N;
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- an address circuit to place the M-bit binary number and a K-bit binary number in the N-bit address field before the output circuit transmits the frame of data, wherein K is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and K≦J−M.
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A method comprising:
- transmitting a frame of data, the frame of data comprising an N-bit address field, where N is an integer greater than 1;
- encoding J bits of an N-bit address as an M-bit binary number, wherein J and M are integers greater than 1, and M<J and J≦N;
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- placing the M-bit binary number and a K-bit binary number in the N-bit address field before the output circuit transmits the frame of data, wherein K is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and K≦J−M.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an input circuit to receive a frame of data comprising an N-bit address field, the N-bit address field comprising a J-bit binary number, wherein N and J are integers greater than 1, and J≦N;
- a decoder to decode M bits of the J-bit binary number as a J-bit address, wherein M is an integer greater than 1, and M<J;
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- an address circuit to provide K further bits of the J-bit binary number, wherein K is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and K≦J−M.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a frame of data comprising an N-bit address field, the N-bit address field comprising a J-bit binary number, wherein N and J are integers greater than 1, and J≦N;
- decoding using a decoder M bits of the J-bit binary number as a J-bit address, wherein M is an integer greater than 1, and M<J;
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- providing K further bits of the J-bit binary number, wherein K is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and K≦J−M.
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A system comprising:
- at least one of an output circuit to transmit a frame of data and an input circuit to receive the frame of data, wherein the frame of data includes:
- a payload field comprising the data;
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- at least one N-bit address field comprising an N-bit address comprising an M-bit binary number representing an encoded J-bit address of the frame of data, wherein N, M, and J are integers greater than 1, M<J and J≦N.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.