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Architected protocol for changing link operating mode

US9262360B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

30Claims

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Mahesh Wagh · Portland, US
Su Wei Lim · Klang, MY

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 18, 2013
Grant date	Feb 16, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 18, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L47/824
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a device having a link training state machine including a reconfiguration logic to perform a dynamic link reconfiguration of a physical link coupled between the device and a second device during a run-time in which the physical link does not enter a link down state, including transmission of a plurality of bandwidth change requests to the second device, each of the plurality of bandwidth change requests to request a bandwidth change from a first bandwidth to a second bandwidth. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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