Retry filter and circulating echo method and apparatus
摘要
A retry filter and circulating echo apparatus and method are provided for a digital processing system of the type having multiple nodes that communicate via one or more unidirectional rings. The nodes of a digital processing system communicate packets to each other over a unidirectional ring bus. An origination node allocates a sequence identification and transmits a packet to a destination node, which generates a first echo packet and also sets a packet filter indication to drop any further copies of that packet. The first echo packet is sent to the origination node as a confirmation. The origination node generates a second echo packet and sends the generated second echo packet onward to the destination node again as an indication that the packet will not be retransmitted. The destination node transmits a third echo packet as an indication that the sequence can be deallocated.
申请公布号
US5469446(A)
申请公布日期
1995.11.21
申请号
US19940187693
申请日期
1994.01.26
申请人
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
发明人
FUHS, RONALD E.;HAMMOND, JR., WILLIAM A.;NATION, GEORGE W.;ROGERS, STEVEN L.;WILLIS, JOHN C.