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- Patent Title: Technique for handling protocol conversion
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Application No.: US17189781Application Date: 2021-03-02
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Publication No.: US11537543B2Publication Date: 2022-12-27
- Inventor: Ashok Kumar Tummala , Jamshed Jalal , Antony John Harris , Jeffrey Carl Defilippi , Anitha Kona , Bruce James Mathewson
- Applicant: Arm Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F13/38
- IPC: G06F13/38 ; G06F13/40

Abstract:
An apparatus and method are provided for handling protocol conversion. The apparatus has interconnect circuitry for routing messages between components coupled to the interconnect circuitry in a manner that conforms to a first communication protocol. Protocol conversion circuitry is coupled between the interconnect circuitry and an external communication path, for converting messages between the first communication protocol and a second communication protocol that has a layered architecture comprising multiple layers. The protocol conversion circuitry has a gateway component forming one of the components coupled to the interconnect circuitry, and a controller coupled with the gateway component and used to control connection with the external communication path. For a selected layer of the multiple layers, the protocol conversion circuitry provides, within the gateway component, upper selected layer circuitry to implement a first portion of functionality of the selected layer, where the first portion comprises at least protocol dependent functionality of the selected layer. It also provides, within the controller, lower selected layer circuitry to implement a remaining portion of the functionality of the selected layer, the remaining portion comprising only protocol independent functionality of the selected layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220283972A1 TECHNIQUE FOR HANDLING PROTOCOL CONVERSION Public/Granted day:2022-09-08
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