Early arbitration on a full duplex bus
US6038234A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 2, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 2, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/40084
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for early arbitration in a full duplex bus system. Early arbitration in a distributed arbitration serial bus system permits the resolution of requests for a next fairness interval during a current fairness interval such that the grant of the highest priority request in the next fairness interval may immediately follow a last packet of a last subaction in a current fairness interval. In this way, the bandwidth previously wasted propagating an arbitration reset token and waiting for arbitration requests can be substantially eliminated.
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