Apparatus and method for storing retrievable boundary information into a buffer memory of a receiving device
US6161155A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 20, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 12, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 20, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0656
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus and method for storing retrievable boundary information into a buffer memory of a receiving device. In one arrangement, the boundary information is used to indicate where a block of data ends in the buffer memory. In another arrangement, the boundary information is used to indicate where a burst begins and ends in the buffer memory. This is accomplished by the use of boundary indicators and following a set of organization rules as data and boundary indicators are written into the buffer memory. As a result, during a later buffer read operation the data and the boundary information can be retrieved and identified.
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