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System and method for early packet header verification

US9720768B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NVIDIA Corporation · US

Inventors

Stephen D. Glaser · San Francisco, US
Eric Tyson · Santa Clara, US
Mark Hummel · Franklin, US
Michael J. Osborn · Northbrook, US
Jonathan Owen · Marlborough, US
Marvin Denman · Austin, US
Dennis Ma · Santa Clara, US
Denis Foley · Santa Clara, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 6, 2015
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 6, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L1/0045
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A receiver, transmitter and method for early packet header verification are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) receiving a payload flit of a preceding packet and a header flit of a current packet; and (2) using a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) in the header flit to verify the payload flit of the preceding packet and the header flit of the current packet.

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