TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND DATA EXTENDED TRANSMISSION METHOD

• US 20100027559A1
• Filed: 09/02/2008
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aspen Technology (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Original Assignee: Aspen Technology (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Inventors: Yuan, Jen-Min, Huang, Hung-Ju, LIN, Hung-Ming, Bai, Ming-Chi
• Application Number:
  US12/203,007
• Publication Number:
  US 20100027559A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/463
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/385 for adaptation of a particular data processing system to different peripheral devices

Abstract

The invention discloses a transmission device. The transmission device includes an interface circuit, a data converting circuit, at least a physical layer and a transmission medium. The interface circuit is used to receive a PCIe signal or a PCI signal. The data converting circuit is coupled to the interface circuit and used to convert the PCIe signal or the PCI signal into at least a data packet. The physical layer is coupled to the data converting circuit and used to process and transfer the data packet. The transmission medium receives and transfers the data packet.

Claims

1. A transmission device, comprising:

an interface circuit for receiving at least a computer peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) interface signal or at least a computer peripheral component interconnect (PCI) interface signal;

a data converting circuit, coupled to the interface circuit, for converting the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal into at least a data packet;

at least a physical layer circuit, coupled to the data converting circuit, for processing and transferring the data packet; and

at least a transmission medium for receiving and transferring the data packet.

2. The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal comprises one selected from the group consisting of the following:

instruction, data, image, audio, program code, control code, or any combination of the above.

3. The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the data converting circuit comprises:

a transaction layer for determining if the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal is to be received and for determining if a request packet is to be generated; and

a data link layer for processing the data of the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal according to the request packet to generate the data packet.

4. The transmission device according to claim 3, wherein the data converting circuit further comprises:

a data buffer for temporarily storing the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal.

5. The transmission device according to claim 4, wherein the data packet comprises a header, the data of the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal, and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) code.

6. The transmission device according to claim 3, wherein the data packet comprises a header, the data of the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal, and an error correction code (ECC).

7. The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the data converting circuit comprises a converting circuit for converting the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface into a media independent interface, a giga media independent interface, or a kind of physical layer interface preset by a designer.

8. The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the physical layer circuit is selected from the group consisting of the following:

a gigabit physical layer circuit, a 10/100 Mbit physical layer circuit, a 10 Giga bit physical layer circuit, or a physical layer circuit having transmission speed preset by a designer.

9. The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission medium comprises a network line or an optical fiber line.

10. A transmission device, comprising:

a server terminal and at least a client terminal;

wherein the server terminal comprises;

a first interface circuit for receiving at least a computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or at least a computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal;

a first data converting circuit, coupled to the first interface circuit, for converting the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal into at least a data packet;

at least a first physical layer circuit, coupled to the first data converting circuit, for processing and transferring the at least one data packet; and

at least a transmission medium for receiving and transferring the data packet; and

the at least a client terminal, comprises;

at least a second physical layer circuit, coupled to the transmission medium, for receiving the at least one data packet from the transmission medium;

a second data converting circuit, coupled to the second physical layer circuit and receiving the at least one data packet, for converting the at least one data packet into the at least one computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the at least one computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal; and

a second interface circuit, coupled to the second data converting circuit, for outputting the at least one computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the at least one computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal.

11. The transmission device according to claim 10, wherein the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal comprises one selected from the group consisting of the following:

instruction, data, image, audio, program code, control code, or any combination of the above.

12. The transmission device according to claim 10, wherein the data converting circuit comprises:

a data buffer for temporarily storing the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal.

13. The transmission device according to claim 10, wherein the data packet comprises a header, the data of the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal, and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) code.

14. The transmission device according to claim 10, wherein the data packet comprises a header, the data of the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal, and an error correction code (ECC).

15. The transmission device according to claim 10, wherein the transmission medium comprises a network line or an optical fiber line.

16. A data extended transmission method, comprising:

receiving at least a computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or at least a computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal;

determining if the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal is consistent with the preset specification or size;

converting the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal into at least a data packet when the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal is consistent with the preset specification or size;

transmitting the data packet through the network line or the optical fiber;

receiving the data packet through the network line or the optical fiber;

determining if the data of the data packet is correct according to the preset coding; and

converting the data packet into the at least a computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the at least a computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal.

17. The data extended transmission method according to claim 16, wherein a preset conditional procedure is executed to interrupt the processing of the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal when the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal is not consistent with the preset specification or size.

18. The data extended transmission method according to claim 16, wherein the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal comprises one selected from the group consisting of the following:

instruction, data, image, audio, program code, control code, or any combination of the above.

19. The data extended transmission method according to claim 16, wherein the data packet comprises a header, the data of the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal, and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC).

20. The data extended transmission method according to claim 16, wherein the data packet comprises a header, the data of the computer peripheral component interconnect express interface signal or the computer peripheral component interconnect interface signal, and an error correction code (ECC).

21. The data extended transmission method according to claim 16, wherein the network line comprises one selected from the group consisting of the following:

CAT-5, CAT-5e, CAT-6, or the specification having speed preset by a designer.