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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen J Winter, Sunrise, FL (US);
Jack E Stephenson, Davie, FL (US);
Assignee:
Racal-Datacom, Inc., Sunrise, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711-5 ; 711-3 ; 711101 ; 711118 ; 711202 ; 711205 ; 711206 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a frame processing engine for receiving and processing a data frame having a header and a payload, comprising a first memory for receiving at least a portion of the header of the data frame; a second memory for receiving the payload of the data frame; and a controller, upon receipt of the data frame, for storing the header (at least most of it) in the first memory and the remainder of the data frame (including the payload) in the second memory, with the first memory having a shorter access time than the second memory.