摘要 |
A time trigger for instruction execution can be contained within the instruction itself. A time stamp value associated with each of a sequence of instructions, which are written into a FIFO memory ( 9 ) by an application specific controller ( 1 ), is compared with the output value of a counter ( 11 ). When the two values are equal, a comparator 10 sends a command to an instruction decoder ( 8 ) to execute the current instruction. The invention has the advantage of a reduced interrupt overhead and his particular application to HiperLAN 2 systems in which it can be incorporated without affecting the protocol handling.
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