Method and apparatus for flow control initialization

Details Method and apparatus for flow control initialization Method and apparatus for flow control initialization

2011-04-12

2011-04-12

Vu, Huy D (Department: 2461)

Multiplex communications

Data flow congestion prevention or control

C370S412000

Reexamination Certificate

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07924708

ABSTRACT:
According to one embodiment of the invention, a credit/debit flow control mechanism performs credit initialization by a combination of standard protocol level messages (e.g., one or more flits) with encoded credit return values and the use of saturating counters.

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