Cut-through forwarding module and a method of receiving and transmitting data frames in a cut-through forwarding mode

摘要

The disclosure relates to cut-through forwarding module, an integrated circuit, a semiconductor device and a method of receiving and transmitting data frames in a cut-through forwarding mode. The cut-through forwarding module processes received data frames in data blocks. The module comprises a pre-loading unit for storing a first data block of a received data frame. The stored first data block may be pre-loaded by the pre-loading unit in a transmitter unit before a receiver unit receives a subsequent data frame. The processing unit controls the transfer of a first data block to the pre-loading unit and controls the use of a pre-loaded data block as a first data block of a data frame to be transmitted.

主权项

1. A cut-through forwarding module comprising:
a receiver unit being configured to receive data frames and to partition data packets of the data frames into data blocks, a transmitter unit being configured to transmit data frames based on received data packets, a pre-loading unit being configured to store a first data block of a first received data frame and to pre-load the stored first data block into the transmitter unit before a subsequent data frame is being received by the receiver unit, a processing unit being configured to control a transfer of the first data block of the first received data frame to the pre-loading unit and to control use of the pre-loaded first data block as a first data block of subsequent data frame to be transmitted by the transmitter unit, the subsequent data frame is to be transmitted after a transmission of a first transmitted data frame being based on the first received data frame.