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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
Stmicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) Sas, Grenoble, FR;
Michael Soulie, Voiron, FR;
Riccardo Locatelli, Fontanil, FR;
Antonio-Marcello Coppola, Sassenage, FR;
STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS, Grenoble, FR;
Abstract
Embodiments relate to a method for transmitting a message in a data path of a network, the method includes transmitting a message onto an input bus of an input interface module, the message being received in flits of a size corresponding to the width of the input bus and generating a validity indicator for each elementary flit constituting each flit received. The message is transmitted onto an output bus of the input interface module towards a receiving interface module in flits of a size corresponding to the width of the output bus along with each validity indicator generated in association with the corresponding elementary flit. The receiving interface module receives flits constituting the message and the associated validity indicators and rejects a received flit if an elementary flit of the received flit is associated with a validity indicator in the invalid state.