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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2008
Rainer P. Mueller, Austin, TX (US);
Horace C. Ho, Austin, TX (US);
Patrick Heck, Durmersheim, DE;
David Knapp, Austin, TX (US);
Kevin Rolfes, Austin, TX (US);
Rainer P. Mueller, Austin, TX (US);
Horace C. Ho, Austin, TX (US);
Patrick Heck, Durmersheim, DE;
David Knapp, Austin, TX (US);
Kevin Rolfes, Austin, TX (US);
SMSC Europe GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
A communication system, network, interface, and port architecture are provided for transporting data across a network. The network can be arranged by connecting the ports in a daisy chain fashion to achieve a ring architecture or topology. The network forwards data according to a specific network protocol. A first port forwards frames having a preemptive acknowledge field before the payload. A second port receives these frames, stores them in a frame buffer and modifies the preemptive acknowledge field according to its available frame buffer capacity. Said first port controls its data flow according to the modified preemptive acknowledge field.