Patent
1993-03-05
1996-09-03
Sheikh, Ayaz R.
39520017, 395286, G06F 1342
Patent
active
055533086
ABSTRACT:
A method of communicating serial information from a source to a destination is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method involves numerous steps for communicating serial information from a source to a destination. First, transmission is commenced of a serial stream of status information from the source to the destination, wherein the serial stream of status information has a beginning, an end, and a plurality of serially ordered status units between the beginning and end. Second, after the first step, a serial stream of control information is transmitted from the source to the destination, wherein the serial stream of control information has a beginning and an end. Various receiving steps then follow. First, the destination receives the beginning and a first portion of the plurality of status units of the serial stream of status information. Second, the destination receives the serial stream of control information. Third, the destination receives a second portion of the plurality of status units and the end of the serial stream of status information, wherein the status and control streams are communicated from the source to the destination along the same medium. Various alternative embodiments are also described.
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Alcatel Network Systems, Inc.
Sheikh Ayaz R.
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