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Inter-subsystem communication system

US4414620A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 7, 1980
Grant dateNov 8, 1983
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Expiry dateNov 7, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F15/17
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication system operation between computer systems which realizes highly efficient data transfer in a data processing system has sender and receiver subsystems operating under the control of an independent or common operating system. The communication system also includes: a plurality of sending buffers, a sending buffer address table having a plurality of entries and a buffer control block in the sender subsystem and a plurality of receiving buffers, a receiving buffer address table having a plurality of entries and a buffer control block in the receiver subsystem, and the communication path for transferring the data stored in the sending buffer to the receiving buffer.

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