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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2011
Chandrashekar Nelogal, Round Rock, TX (US);
Surender Brahmaroutu, Round Rock, TX (US);
Chandrashekar Nelogal, Round Rock, TX (US);
Surender Brahmaroutu, Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
In accordance with the present disclosure, a system and method for transmitting communications over a transmission medium between a first component and a second component is provided. The system and method may include an information handling system in which a packet is defined. The packet may include at least one header at a specific bit location and a vendor defined header extension, located in a packet payload portion of the packet. The system and method may further include at least one control command defined within the information handling system. The at least one control command may, for example, be used to negotiate the meaning of at least one field in the header. In addition, the at least one control command may be used to handle and recover from errors within communications and to control the flow of communications once transmission has commenced.