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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin B. Theobald, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Rupin H. Vakharwala, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Robert J. Toepfer, Portland, OR (US);
Erik G. Hallnor, Beaverton, OR (US);
Robert P. Adler, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/925 (2013.01); H04L 12/911 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/39 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 45/24 (2013.01); H04L 47/722 (2013.01); H04L 47/726 (2013.01); H04L 47/821 (2013.01);
Abstract
Traffic control logic is provided to support a plurality of channels on a link. A plurality of reserved credit counters is provided to each identify reserved flow control credits for a corresponding one of the plurality of channels. Further, a shared credit counter is provided to identify shared flow control credits to be shared between two or more of the plurality of virtual channels.