Patent · US Expired

Optimizations for tunneling between a bus and a network

US7505455B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 19, 1999
Grant dateMar 17, 2009
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L12/40052
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system is described having a network, a bus and an interface coupling the network to the bus. A host is coupled to the network and executes software to generate packets for communication on the network. A bus device is coupled to the bus. The interface and host coordinate to transport bus device packets between the host and the bus device via tunneling over the network.

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