Patent · US Expired

Flow control of data units across a bus bridge and inter-bus communication system employing same

US6882651B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Nortel Networks Limited · CA

Inventors

Norbert Wegner · Laufenburg (Baden), DE
Peter Arkadjevich Bliznyuk-Kvitko · Winnipeg, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 2, 1998
Grant date	Apr 19, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 2, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2012/5665
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for controlling the flow of data units across a bus bridge and an inter-bus communication system employing same is disclosed. In accordance with the method, the apparatus detects operational states of the bridge and disables load access to the bridge when a first predefined operational state exists and enables load access when a second predefined operational state exists.

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