Memory management for high speed media access control

An apparatus comprising:

• a first memory,
• configured in a first mode to store one or more parameters for each of a plurality of communication flows and
• configured in a second mode to store a pointer for each of the plurality of communication flows, each pointer indicating a location associated with the respective communication flow;
• a second memory,
• configured in the first mode to store packets for each of the plurality of communication flows and
• configured in the second mode to store a plurality of sets of one or more parameters for each of the plurality of communication flows, each set of one or more parameters stored in the location indicated by the pointer associated with the respective communication flow;
• a memory interface operable with a third memory,
• configured in the second mode to be operative to store packets for each of the plurality of communication flows;
• and
• a processor selecting a selected mode as the first mode or the second mode, configuring the first memory according to the selected mode, configuring the second memory according to the selected mode, and configuring the memory interface according to the selected mode.

A wireless communication device comprising:

• a first integrated circuit, comprising:
• a first memory,
• configured in a first mode to store one or more parameters for each of a plurality of communication flows and
• configured in a second mode to store a pointer for each of the plurality of communication flows, each pointer indicating a location associated with the respective communication flow;
• a second memory,
• configured in the first mode to store packets for each of the plurality of communication flows and
• configured in the second mode to store a plurality of sets of one or more parameters for each of the plurality of communication flows, each set of one or more parameters stored in the location indicated by the pointer associated with the respective communication flow;
• a memory interface operable with a third memory,
• configured in the second mode to be operative to store packets for each of the plurality of communication flows;
• and
• a processor selecting a selected mode as the first mode or the second mode, configuring the first memory according to the selected mode, configuring the second memory according to the selected mode, and configuring the memory interface according to the selected mode;
• and
• a second integrated circuit comprising a third memory storing packets for each of the plurality of communication flows, coupled with the memory interface of the first integrated circuit.

A wireless communication device comprising:

• a first memory storing one or more parameters for each of a plurality of communication flows;
• and
• a second memory storing packets for each of the plurality of communication flows, comprising:
• a first data structure associated with a packet;
• and
• a second data structure comprising data from the associated packet;
• and
• wherein the first data structure comprises:
• a length field indicating the length of the associated packet;
• a sequence number field indicating the sequence number of the associated packet;
• and
• a second data structure pointer field indicating the location in the second memory of the second data structure.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:

• instructions for selecting a first or a second mode;
• instructions for configuring a first memory in the first mode to store one or more parameters for each of a plurality of communication flows;
• instructions for configuring the first memory in the second mode to store a pointer for each of the plurality of communication flows, each pointer indicating a location associated with the respective communication flow;
• instructions for configuring a second memory in the first mode to store packets for each of the plurality of communication flows;
• instructions for configuring the second memory in the second mode to store a plurality of sets of one or more parameters for each of the plurality of communication flows, each set of one or more parameters stored in the location indicated by the pointer associated with the respective communication flow;
• and
• instructions for configuring a memory interface operable with a third memory in the second mode to be operative to store packets for each of the plurality of communication flows.

An apparatus for memory management, comprising:

• means for storing in a first memory, in a first mode, one or more parameters for each of a plurality of communication flows and
• for storing, in a second mode, a pointer for each of the plurality of communication flows, each pointer indicating a location associated with the respective communication flow;
• means for storing in a second memory,
• in the first mode, packets for each of the plurality of communication flows and
• in the second mode, a plurality of sets of one or more parameters for each of the plurality of communication flows, each set of one or more parameters stored in the location indicated by the pointer associated with the respective communication flow;
• means for a memory interface operable with a means for storing in a third memory,
• in the second mode, to store packets for each of the plurality of communication flows;
• and
• a processor means for selecting a selected mode as the first mode or the second mode, configuring the first memory according to the selected mode, configuring the second memory according to the selected mode, and configuring the memory interface according to the selected mode.