Data transmission method and electronic device

• US 10,331,594 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2014
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AutoChips INC. (Navinfo Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: AutoChips INC. (Navinfo Company Limited)
• Inventors: Wang, Zhanyong
• Primary Examiner(s): Abad, Farley
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yimer, Getente A
• Application Number:
  US14/453,607
• Publication Number:
  US 20150127859A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,784 Days
• Field of Search: 710 63
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/385 for adaptation of a particular data processing system to different peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1271 Job submission at the printing node, e.g. creating a job from a data stored locally or remotely G06F3/1238 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1462 with means for detecting differences between the image stored in the host and the images displayed on the remote displays

Abstract

A data transmission method and an electronic apparatus are disclosed. The data transmission method comprises: establishing transmission channels between the local endpoints and a plurality of remote endpoints, wherein at least one of the local endpoints corresponds to at least two of the remote endpoints and at least two transmission channels are established; and transmitting data by using the transmission channels in a time-slice manner between the local endpoints and the corresponding remote endpoints. The data transmission method and the electronic apparatus of the present disclosure can achieve data transmission between a USB host and a plurality of USB devices even when the number of remote endpoints included in the USB devices is greater than the number of local endpoints included in the USB host.

Claims

1. A data transmission method, used in a universal serial bus (USB) host having a plurality of local endpoints, the data transmission method comprising:

establishing transmission channels between the local endpoints and a plurality of remote endpoints, wherein a number of the local endpoints is less than a number of the remote endpoints, at least one of the local endpoints corresponds to at least two of the remote endpoints and at least two transmission channels are established;

storing data of the remote endpoints that correspond to a same one of the local endpoints into a data queue;

obtaining a plurality of first USB request blocks from the data queue on the principle of first-in-first-out (FIFO);

loading a plurality of first physical parameters according to a description of the first USB request blocks, wherein the first physical parameters correspond to the same one of the local endpoints and a first one of the remote endpoints, and the first physical parameters comprise a serial number of the first one of the remote endpoints;

transmitting transactions included in the first USB request blocks from the same one of the local endpoints to the first one of the remote endpoints;

when it is determined that transmission of the transactions included in the first USB request blocks is complete;

unloading the plurality of first physical parameters;

obtaining a plurality of second USB request blocks from the data queue on the principle of FIFO;

loading a plurality of second physical parameters according to a description of the second USB request blocks, wherein the second physical parameters correspond to the same one of the local endpoints and a second one of the remote endpoints, and the second physical parameters comprise a serial number of the second one of the remote endpoints; and

transmitting transactions of the second USB request blocks from the same one of the local endpoints to the second one of the remote endpoints.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first physical parameters further comprise a transmission type between the same one of the local endpoints and the first one of the remote endpoints, and the second physical parameters further comprise a transmission type between the same one of the local endpoints and the second one of the remote endpoints.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of establishing transmission channels between the local endpoints and a plurality of remote endpoints comprises:

establishing mapping relationships between the local endpoints and the remote endpoints; and

establishing the transmission channels between the local endpoints and the remote endpoints according to the mapping relationships.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the mapping relationships between the local endpoints and the remote endpoints are established in an ordinary ascending order, an ordinary descending order, a spaced apart ascending order or a spaced apart descending order.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

after the step of establishing the transmission channels between the local endpoints and the remote endpoints, setting data toggle bits corresponding to the transmission channels, wherein each of the data toggle bit flips over when a transaction is transmitted in a corresponding transmission channel;

wherein the transactions included in the first USB request blocks are transmitted according to a first one of the data toggle bits which corresponds to the first one of the remote endpoints, and the transactions included in the second USB request blocks are transmitted according to a second one of the data toggle bits which corresponds to the second one of the remote endpoints.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein each of the transactions included in the first USB request blocks and the second USB request blocks comprises:

a token packet defining a type of transaction processing;

a data packet used for data transmission, wherein the data packet is transmitted according to the first one of the data toggle bits or the second one of the data toggle bits; and

a handshake packet used to determine whether the data packet is correctly received.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

before the step of transmitting transactions included in the first USB request blocks, updating the first one of the data toggle bits; and

before the step of transmitting transactions included in the second USB request blocks, updating the second one of the data toggle bits.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

monitoring whether a transmission state flag bit corresponding to transaction transmission indicates that the transaction transmission is correct;

when the transmission state flag bit indicates a transmission error, adjusting the data toggle bits corresponding to the transmission channels and performing error processing on the first USB request blocks or the second USB request blocks.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

backing up the data toggle bits corresponding to the transmission channels after transmission of a current USB request block is complete, wherein when a subsequent USB request block is to be transmitted via a same remote endpoint, a saved value of the data toggle bits is restored.

10. A data transmission method used in a universal serial bus (USB) host having at least one local endpoint, the data transmission method comprising:

establishing transmission channels between the local endpoint and a plurality of remote endpoints, wherein the plurality of remote endpoints are included in at least one USB device;

storing data of the plurality of remote endpoints that correspond to the local endpoint into a data queue;

obtaining a subsequent portion of USB request blocks from the data queue on the principle of first-in-first-out (FIFO);

loading a plurality of physical parameters corresponding to the local endpoint, wherein the physical parameters comprise information of a respective one of the remote endpoints corresponding to the obtained portion of USB request blocks and control information of the at least one USB device;

transmitting transactions included in the obtained portion of USB request blocks from the local endpoint to the respective one of the remote endpoints;

determining whether transmission of the transactions included in the obtained portion of USB request blocks is complete;

when the transmission of the transactions included in the obtained portion of USB request blocks is complete, unloading the plurality of physical parameters and returning to the step of obtaining a subsequent portion of USB request blocks from the data queue on the principle of FIFO until transmission of all USB request blocks in the data queue is complete.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of establishing transmission channels between the local endpoint and a plurality of remote endpoints comprises:

establishing mapping relationships between the local endpoint and the remote endpoints; and

establishing the transmission channels between the local endpoint and the remote endpoints according to the mapping relationships.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the information of the respective one of the remote endpoints comprises at least a serial number and transmission direction of the respective one of the remote endpoints.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the control information of the at least one USB device comprises at least a data toggle bit.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

after the step of establishing the transmission channels between the local endpoint and the remote endpoints, setting the data toggle bit of each of the remote endpoints corresponding to the transmission channels, wherein the data toggle bit flips over when a transaction is transmitted in a corresponding transmission channel;

wherein the transactions included in obtained portion of USB request blocks are transmitted according to one of the data toggle bits corresponding to the respective one of the remote endpoints.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein each of the transactions included in the obtained portion of USB request blocks comprises:

a token packet defining a type of transaction processing;

a data packet used for data transmission, wherein the data packet is transmitted according to the data toggle bit corresponding to the respective one of the remote endpoints; and

a handshake packet used to determine whether the data packet is correctly received.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

before the step of transmitting transactions included in obtained portion of USB request blocks, updating the data toggle bit corresponding to the respective one of the remote endpoints.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

monitoring whether a transmission state flag bit corresponding to transaction transmission indicates that the transaction transmission is correct;

when the transmission state flag bit indicates a transmission error, adjusting the data toggle bit and performing error processing on the obtained portion of USB request blocks.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

backing up the data toggle bit after transmission of a current USB request block is complete, wherein when a subsequent USB request block is to be transmitted via a same remote endpoint, a saved value of the data toggle bit is restored.

19. An electronic device, comprising a universal serial bus (USB) host having at least one local endpoint, the electronic device comprising:

a channel establishing module, configured to establish transmission channels between the local endpoint and a plurality of remote endpoints, wherein the plurality of remote endpoints are included in at least one USB device;

a storage module, configured to store data of the plurality of remote endpoints that correspond to the local endpoint into a data queue;

a data obtaining unit, configured to obtain a subsequent portion of USB request blocks from the data queue on the principle of first-in-first-out (FIFO);

a parameter loading unit, configured to load a plurality of physical parameters corresponding to the local endpoint, wherein the physical parameters comprise information of a respective one of the remote endpoints corresponding to the obtained portion of USB request blocks and control information of the at least one USB device;

a data transmission unit, configured to transmit transactions included in the obtained portion of USB request blocks from the local endpoint to the respective one of the remote endpoints;

a determining unit, configured to determine whether transmission of the transactions included in the obtained portion of USB request blocks is complete;

wherein when the transmission of the transactions included in the obtained portion of USB request blocks is complete, the parameter loading unit unloads the plurality of physical parameters and the data obtaining unit obtains a subsequent portion of USB request blocks from the data queue on the principle of FIFO until transmission of all USB request blocks in the data queue is complete.

20. The electronic device of claim 19, wherein:

the information of the respective one of the remote endpoints comprises at least a serial number and transmission direction of the respective one of the remote endpoints; and

the control information of the at least one USB device comprises at least a data toggle bit.