Device and method for controlling packet transfer
US6598096B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 16, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 22, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 16, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/324
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An IEEE 1394 compliant bus controller transfers data packets between connected nodes. The controller includes a processor which divides a series of data into blocks and then stores the blocks in multiple packets (one block per packet). The packets are then transferred over the bus from a source node to a destination node at equal intervals until the entire series of data has been transferred. An initialization prohibition unit prohibits initialization of the nodes during the data transfer which may be caused, for example, by hot plugging (connecting a new node to the bus) during the data transfer.
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