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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2011
Applicants:
James Wang, Vista, CA (US);
Zongjian Chen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
James Wang, Vista, CA (US);
Zongjian Chen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a receiver on a credit-based flow-controlled interface is configured to free one or more data credits early when a data payload is received that incurs fewer unused data credits within a buffer memory that is allocated at a coarser granularity than the data credits. In another embodiment, header credits and data credits are dynamically adjusted based on actual packet data payload sizes.