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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2001
Applicants:
Jerrold V. Hauck, Fremont, CA (US);
David W. Lafollette, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jerrold V. Hauck, Fremont, CA (US);
David W. LaFollette, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/413 (2006.01); H04L 12/43 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Distributed arbitration in a full-duplex bus system. By distributing the arbitration function among the nodes of a tree topology full-duplex bus system such that arbitration at any particular time is handled by a node holding a grant of the bus at that time (the nominal root node), a reverse flow direction towards the nominal root node is available for arbitration flow. This allows the discrete arbitration phase to be eliminated and generally improves bus efficiency.