Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1988-10-31
1992-06-23
Lee, Thomas C.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
364229, 3642293, 364239, 3642408, 364DIG1, G06F 1300
Patent
active
051250969
ABSTRACT:
Packet switch protocol and circuitry for implementing it are disclosed. According to this protocol, a message transmitter of a first node in the network may send data through a data transmission link at a predetermined rate until it is signalled, via a control signal generated by a message receiver in a second node, to suspend its transmissions. The message transmitter may also be signalled to resume transmitting data. The message receiver includes a buffer memory in which messages are temporarily stored if their selected path is blocked as they pass through the network. When the amount of available space in the buffer is less than a preprogrammed threshold value, the message receiver generates the control signal to suspend message transmission. This threshold value leaves sufficient space in the buffer to store any data which may be in the pipeline between the transmitter and the receiver. When the amount of available space rises above this threshold, the message receiver indicates to the transmitter to resume transmission. A message spanning an interface during transmission may be suspended without losing spatial contiguousness. The message transmitter also transmits a signal which marks the last portion of a message. This signal is stored in the buffer with the message data and is used to delimit messages in the buffer, allowing multiple messages to be stored in one buffer without extra delimiting values.
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Brantley, Jr. William C.
Groh Wayne S.
Jackson Rory D.
Norton Vern A.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Lee Thomas C.
Treat William M.
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