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Packets transfer device having data absorbing buffers with elastic buffer capacities

US8255599B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 2006
Grant dateAug 28, 2012
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Expiry dateMar 3, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2213/0026
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In PCI-Express and alike communications systems, data bandwidth per channel can vary as a result of negotiated port bifurcation during network bring-up. Disclosed are systems and methods for adjusting FIFO depths in response to negotiated bandwidth per channel so that data absorbing FIFO's of respective channels are not arbitrarily too deep or too shallow relative to the data bandwidths of the channels the FIFO's serve.

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