Credit management when resource granularity is larger than...

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2008-12-29

2011-10-25

Kizou, Hassan (Department: 2472)

Multiplex communications

Data flow congestion prevention or control

Flow control of data transmission through a network

C370S351000, C370S389000, C370S412000, C710S001000, C710S029000, C710S100000, C710S305000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08045472

ABSTRACT:
In one embodiment, a receiver on a credit-based flow-controlled interface is configured to free one or more data credits early when a data payload is received that incurs fewer unused data credits within a buffer memory that is allocated at a coarser granularity than the data credits. In another embodiment, header credits and data credits are dynamically adjusted based on actual packet data payload sizes.

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