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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2005
Brian Mitchell Bass, Apex, NC (US);
Jean Louis Calvignac, Cary, NC (US);
Anthony Matteo Gallo, Apex, NC (US);
Marco C. Heddes, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sridhar Rao, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael Steven Siegel, Raleigh, NC (US);
Brian Alan Youngman, Cary, NC (US);
Fabrice Jean Verplanken, Cary, NC (US);
Brian Mitchell Bass, Apex, NC (US);
Jean Louis Calvignac, Cary, NC (US);
Anthony Matteo Gallo, Apex, NC (US);
Marco C. Heddes, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sridhar Rao, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael Steven Siegel, Raleigh, NC (US);
Brian Alan Youngman, Cary, NC (US);
Fabrice Jean Verplanken, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for transporting control information in a communications system. The apparatus comprises a network processor, a control point processor operatively coupled to the network processor, and a guided frame generated by the control point processor. The guided frame comprises a first section in which frame control information is placed and is used by the network processor to update at least one control register within the network processor; a second section carrying correlators assigned by the control point processor to correlate guided frame responses with their requests; a third section carrying one or a sequence of guided commands; and an End delimiter guided command.