Integrated circuit arrangement for buffering service requests

Abstract

The present invention discloses an integrated circuit arrangement () comprising a data communication network comprising a plurality of connections (), a plurality of modules () coupled to the data communication network via at least one network interface (), the network interface comprising a plurality of buffers; a remote service module () being coupled to the data communication network via a further network interface (), wherein each of said modules () is arranged to provide its network interface () with a service request () for the remote service module (), said network interface being arranged to extend said service request with a first identifier () for establishing a network connection () with a remote service module (); and a circuit portion () comprising a plurality of buffers () between the at least one network interface () and the remote service module () for storing service requests () from the plurality of modules (), said circuit portion comprising decoding logic () for selecting one of said buffers () by decoding a further identifier () embedded in the service request ().