Method for transmitting data via a number of interfaces
US6804228B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 10, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 12, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 10, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L25/05
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method for transmitting data via a number of interfaces arranged in parallel. The interfaces respectively have a receiver unit for receiving data packets and for intermediate storage of these data packets and have a transmitter unit for sending data packets. Further, an overall buffer memory is provided for the number of interfaces. The inventive method discloses an allocation of buffer memory capacity of the overall buffer memory for the receiver unit of every interface upon initialization, the transmission of a data packet to a receiver unit of an interface from a communication unit, the intermediate storage of the data packet transmitted to a receiver unit in the buffer memory space allocated to the receiver unit and the request of further buffer memory capacity at a memory location manager, the allocation of the further, requested buffer memory capacity for the requesting receiver unit by the memory location manager, the transmission of the memory capacity space allocation to a transmitter unit, the transmission of the intermediately stored data packet by the transmitter unit, and the release of the buffer memory location of the transmitte…
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