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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2000
Takashi Yumiba, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshihiro Tabira, Osaka, JP;
Hirotaka Itoh, Osaka, JP;
Isamu Ishimura, Kyoto, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
Reception buffer, transmission buffer, transmission-reception buffer, reception filter and transmission filter are provided. The reception filter determines where a received packet should be stored based on the contents of the received packet. Specifically, in executing a READ command, a response packet, which is returned in response to a data transmission packet, is detected by the reception filter. Received packets of the other types are stored on the reception buffer. In executing a WRITE command, a data request packet is transmitted from the transmission buffer. A data reception packet responding to the data request packet is stored by the reception filter on the transmission-reception buffer. Received packets of the other types are stored on the reception buffer. The capacity of the transmission-reception buffer is twice as large as the size of a maximum transferable packet. Thus, overhead can be reduced and yet data can be transferred at higher speeds.