A DISTRIBUTED INTERCONNECT BUS APPARATUS

摘要

A distributed interconnect bus apparatus for connecting peripheral devices, The apparatus can be utilized to wirelessly connect peripheral devices or to allow the connectivity of such devices over a network. The apparatus includes a first bridge coupled to a root component of an interconnect bus: and a second bridge coupled to an endpoint component of an interconnect bus. The apparatus may further include an acknowledgment (ACK) termination for generating at least an ACK signal; and a flow control mechanism including at least one receiver buffer for temporarily saving data packets of multiple different transactions.