Credit management when resource granularity is larger than credit granularity
US8045472B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 29, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/90
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, a receiver on a credit-based flow-controlled interface is configured to free one or more data credits early when a data payload is received that incurs fewer unused data credits within a buffer memory that is allocated at a coarser granularity than the data credits. In another embodiment, header credits and data credits are dynamically adjusted based on actual packet data payload sizes.
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