Mti Technology Corporation

Micro Technology, Inc.

Chris W Eidler

David H Jaffe

Hoke S Johnson, Iii

Kaushik S Shah

Hoke S Johnson Iii

A scheduling mechanism is provided for controlling when the arbitration circuit of a node sharing a CSMA communication medium is to start CSMA arbitration for access to the communication medium once the node has a message ready for transmission, the scheduling mechanism delaying the arbitration circuit from seeking access if total transmission activity on the communication medium exceeds a total use threshold value and transmission activity of the node exceeds a local use threshold value, and otherwise permitting the arbitration circuit to seek access to the communication medium by arbitration in accordance with a priority value assigned to the node.

Method and apparatus for scheduling access to a CSMA communication medium

Method and apparatus for scheduling access to a CSMA communication

A method and apparatus for transferring data from one device interface to another device interface via elements of a staging memory and a direct memory access (DMA) channel.

Method and apparatus for transferring data through a staging memory

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Morgan Hill, CA, United States of America

Chris W Eidler