Use of common data format to facilitate link width conversion in a router with flexible link widths
US8514889B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 26, 2011 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 20, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/60
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for routing information in a flexible routing network which connects disparate initiators and targets includes implementing a packetization logic at an interface between an initiator or a target and a routing network to receive transmission traffic from the initiator or the target and to packetize the transmission traffic into packets. Each packet includes header and body portions. Each of the header and body portions includes one or more standard sized transmission units. Each standard sized transmission unit includes control and payload sections. A payload section associated with the body portion includes one or more chunks. The method includes encoding the one or more chunks using a Common Data Format (CDF). All transmissions within the routing network are based on the CDF. The CDF facilitates narrow-to-wide and wide-to-narrow link width conversion without having to manipulate subparts of data fields in the transmission traffic.
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