Stream management in an on-chip network
US9565122B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 9, 2012 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 3, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/506
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A credit-based data flow control method between a consumer device and a producer device. The method includes the steps of decrementing a credit counter for each transmission of a sequence of data by the producer device, arresting data transmission when the credit counter reaches zero, sending a credit each time the consumer device has consumed a data sequence and incrementing the credit counter upon receipt of each credit.
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