System and method for lateral connection between interface devices with bypass of external network

摘要

A system and method are provided for offloaded lateral transmission between protocol interface devices in an electronic system. Such offloading allows the lateral transmission of data and/or instructions between disparate protocol interface devices without burdening the electronic system's resources, such as the primary processor, memory, and/or system bus. A lateral communication controller is provided to intercouple the first and second protocol interface devices and selectively intercept data packets from one device to be injected into another.

主权项

1. A system for lateral tunneling with bypass of an external network from a first protocol interface device to a second protocol interface device, the system comprising:
a first protocol interface device and a second protocol interface device, said first and second protocol interface devices being respectively operably coupled to a first and second external physical transmission media; and, at least one lateral connection controller intercoupling said first and second protocol interface devices, said lateral connection controller intercepting data segments within said first protocol interface device prior to transmission to the first external physical transmission medium by rerouting the intercepted data segments to bypass a system bus and a central processing unit (CPU), and converting the intercepted data segments for transmission by said second protocol interface device to the second external physical medium; wherein at least one of the first and second protocol interface devices is configured according to an input/output communication protocol for a peripheral device.