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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Anthony Krawczak, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Steven Allen Murphy, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370503 ; 375356 ; 39520052 ; 39520078 ;
Abstract
A multi-node Scalable Coherent Interface ring for the transmission of packets between nodes, each of which contains an SCI link controller to which a B-link controller that contains a timer is coupled and a gigabit transceiver to which a G-link controller that contains a timer is coupled, is provided. The SCI link controller, the B-link controller and the G-link controller are utilized to allow the SCI link controller and the transceivers to be initialized and synchronized in a manner such that these devices may be utilized in a multi-node SCI packet network.