A method for transferring data on a communication medium from a source processor to a destination processor, the data including messages of a first transmit

摘要

A method for transferring data on a communication medium from a source processor to a destination processor, the data including messages of a first transmit latency class and messages of a second transmit latency class comprising: queuing messages of a first latency class in the source processor according to a first transmit priority rule in a first transmit queue; queuing messages of a second latency class in the source processor according to a second transmit priority rule in a second transmit queue; and sending a particular message selected from the first and second queues according to a queue priority rule to the destination processor without establishing a connection with the destination processor for the particular message in advance of sending the particular message. Messages received in the destination processor are queued in receive queues according to their latency class. Messages are stored only if there is a threshold amount of storage space for a particular reliability class.