Multi-port transmitter device for transmitting at least partly redundant data, an associated control system, an associated method and an associated computer program product
US9817784B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 14, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/382
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A multi-port transmitter device for transmitting at least partly redundant data is described. The multi-port transmitter device comprises at least two transmitters comprising respective transmitter buffers. One transmitter is a master transmitter that issues a request to the processor to provide a data block when the transmitter buffer of the master transmitter has free space to store a data block. The processor is arranged to copy at least one data block of data stored in an external memory from the external memory to respective positions in a local buffer. The processor is arranged to, in accordance with a predefined sequence, sequentially initiate transfer of the data block from the respective position of the data block in the local buffer to the transmitter buffers of the at least two transmitters in response to a request from the master transmitter to provide a data block.
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