Inter-subsystem communication system
US4414620A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 7, 1980 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 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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