System and method for synchronized, multi-channel data management with dynamically configurable routing
US6212612A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 15, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/355
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for multi-channel data management with dynamically configurable routing, having multiple independent container instances or crossbars. The system and method provide dynamically allocated and released half- and full-duplex data communications channels through crossbar access ports, with intercommunications between transmit ports and receive ports being independently configured. Transmission and reception of data is provided through the reserving of pages of transmission media, allocation of pages to producers of data, transmission of the filled pages to a queue for reception at one or more receiving ports, and reception by a consumer through a receiving port. Allocation, transmission and reception of the pages may optionally be executed synchronous to the availability of the page. Page state changes are used to mark pages as to their availability, allocation, and queuing such that data transfer is accomplished using an in-place method.
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