Method of reducing buffer usage by detecting missing fragments and idle links for multilink protocols and devices incorporating same
US7649906B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 27, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jan 19, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/90
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of detecting missing fragments and idle links in a link bundle for a multilink protocol, and devices provisioned with program instructions for performing the method, employs a plurality of masks to track the links in the bundle that are active. Idle links are excluded from a determination about whether buffer cleanup should be run in order to reduce unnecessary buffer usage caused by orphaned fragments.
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