Inventors:
William P. Bunton - Pflugerville TX
David A. Brown - Austin TX
John C. Krause - Georgetown TX
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX
International Classification:
H04L 1254
US Classification:
370428, 370429, 3703957, 37039571, 37039572, 370338, 711109, 711132, 710 52, 710 53, 710 56, 710 57, 710310, 700 14, 700 33, 700306
Abstract:
A speculative transmit function, utilizing a configurable logical buffer, is implemented in a network. When a transmission is started the logical buffer is configured as a FIFO to reduce transmit latency. If a data under-run lasts for more than a fixed time interval the transmission is abandoned and the logical buffer is reconfigured as a STORE-AND-FORWARD buffer. The transmission is restarted after all transmit data is buffered.