摘要 |
An asynchronous handshake signal is encoded in order to facilitate the transfer of the asynchronous handshake signal from a first network segment to a second network segment. On the first network segment, control signals and data signals are encoded as control symbols and data symbols, respectively. The control symbols and the data symbols are transferred from the first network segment to the second network segment across an interconnection medium. In order to send a handshake signal from the first network segment to the second network segment, the handshake signal on the first network segment is sampled. When the handshake signal on the first network segment is at a first signal level, a control symbol of encoded control signals is sent across the interconnection medium. When the handshake signal on the first network segment is at a second signal level, a data symbol of encoded data signals is sent across the interconnection medium.
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