HARDWARE CONTROLLED RECEIVE RESPONSE GENERATION

摘要

An approach is provided for generating response frames. Incoming frames are processed by a receive controller to determine type and attributes. Based on the type and the attributes of the incoming frame, a response frame is constructed and transmitted by a transmit controller. A response frame is constructed by setting values in a frame template. A block ACK can be implemented by means of a block ACK scoreboard.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a frame receive controller; a frame transmit controller; a sideband channel operatively coupled to said frame receive controller and said frame transmit controller; and response logic operable to respond to an incoming frame by:
determining one or more attributes of said incoming frame;determining, based on said one or more attributes, whether a response frame should be transmitted;setting one or more attributes of a response frame based on, at least in part, said one or more attributes of said incoming frame; andtransmitting the response frame within a predetermined response time; wherein said response logic is implemented without a media access control processor.