Independent communication control apparatus and independent communication control method
First Claim
1. An independent communication control apparatus, connected to a processor executing an operating system (OS) and an application and connected to a memory, for sending data to an outside device via a channel, comprising:
- a communication control information table for specifying send control information received from the processor, and wherein the independent communication control apparatus starts to send data to a receiver specified in the send control information on receiving a send activation instruction from the processor, and reads data from the memory based on the send activation instruction from the processor and contents of the communication control information table.
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Abstract
The present invention aims to eliminate reading operation of control information from a memory by a communication control apparatus, to reduce the time required for sending process and to improve the system performance. The communication control apparatus connected to a processor executing an operating system (OS) and applications, for sending data to an outside device, has a communication control information table for specifying send control information received from the OS. On receiving a send activation instruction from the processor, the communication control apparatus specifies an address of the memory based on the instruction and contents of the send control information table, reads the data from the memory, and starts to send the data to a receiver.
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1. An independent communication control apparatus, connected to a processor executing an operating system (OS) and an application and connected to a memory, for sending data to an outside device via a channel, comprising:
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a communication control information table for specifying send control information received from the processor, and wherein the independent communication control apparatus starts to send data to a receiver specified in the send control information on receiving a send activation instruction from the processor, and reads data from the memory based on the send activation instruction from the processor and contents of the communication control information table. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for independent communication control having a communication controller connected to a processor executing an operating system (OS) and connected to a memory, for sending data to an outside device via a channel, and wherein the communication controller comprises a communication control information table for specifying send control information from the processor,
the method comprises: -
specifying an address of the memory based on a send activation instruction from the processor and contents of the communication control information table; and
starting to send data to a receiver by reading the data from the memory. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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