System for controlling a dispatch of requested data packets by generating size signals for buffer space availability and preventing a dispatch prior to a data request granted signal asserted
US6026451A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/364
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for controlling dispatches of requested data packets. The method includes sending information on each of the requested data packets to a request buffer, generating at least one size signal from the information sent on each of the requested data packets, and generating an available space signal. The size signal corresponds to a size of one of the requested data packets that may be received next. The available space signal corresponds to space available in a data buffer. The data buffer receives the requested data packets. The method also includes comparing the size signal to the available space signal and asserting a data buffer full signal in response to the size signal being greater than the available space signal.
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