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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2011
Applicant:

Shankar Channabasappa, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventor:

Shankar Channabasappa, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

BROADCOM CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 7/04 (2006.01); H04L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/041 (2013.01); H04L 7/0083 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is disclosed for handling packet data. The method includes assembling request packets for transmission along a plurality of serial lanes. For each lane, at least a portion of the request packets are framed into a request link frame having a plurality of words. The request link frame is defined by a preset word length. Request training words are inserted into the request link frame at intervals corresponding to the preset word length. Response packets are queued, where the response packets include response training words having an associated latency based on the programmed interval of the request training words.


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