发明授权
US5941952A Apparatus and method for transferring data from a transmit buffer memory
at a particular rate
失效
用于以特定速率从发送缓冲存储器传送数据的装置和方法
- 专利标题: Apparatus and method for transferring data from a transmit buffer memory at a particular rate
- 专利标题(中): 用于以特定速率从发送缓冲存储器传送数据的装置和方法
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申请号: US712687申请日: 1996-09-12
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公开(公告)号: US5941952A公开(公告)日: 1999-08-24
- 发明人: Robert E. Thomas , Peter J. Roman , Wing Cheung
- 申请人: Robert E. Thomas , Peter J. Roman , Wing Cheung
- 申请人地址: NH Rochester
- 专利权人: Cabletron Systems, Inc.
- 当前专利权人: Cabletron Systems, Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: NH Rochester
- 主分类号: H04L12/56
- IPC分类号: H04L12/56 ; H04Q11/04 ; G06F13/38 ; G06F15/17
摘要:
An apparatus and method for transferring data from a source memory to a transmit buffer memory and then from the transmit buffer memory at a particular rate. A current time counter advances at the rate at which data is to be transmitted from the transmit buffer memory to the interface. A schedule memory stores entries, each valid entry being associated with data that is to be transmitted from the transmit buffer memory to the interface. A timestamp is associated with each valid entry in the schedule memory. Circuitry is then operative on each valid entry read from the schedule table to generate a request for a data transfer between the source memory and the transmit buffer memory; perform a data transfer from the source memory to the transmit buffer memory in response to the request; and transfer the data from the transmit buffer memory when the current time circuitry output reaches a value representing at least the same point in time that is represented by the timestamp associated with the entry for which the request was generated.
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