Patent · US Expired

Speeding-up communication rates on links transferring data structures by a method of handing scatter/gather of storage blocks in commanded computer systems

US5948060A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 24, 1997
Grant dateSep 7, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 24, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L49/901
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Speeds up a commanded system to read or write data for a large number of data frames transmitted on a link by executing a TRANSFER STRUCTURE instruction that automatically controls the reading or writing of a large number of scattered storage blocks in the storage of the commanded system containing, or to contain, the data transmitted on the link.

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