Network device and its data transmission method

• US 7,313,147 B2
• Filed: 02/09/2005
• Issued: 12/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Germany GmbH (Intel Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Infineon-Admtek Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Cheng, Sheng-Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Le, Nhan T
• Application Number:
  US11/052,818
• Publication Number:
  US 20050180445A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,049 Days
• Field of Search: 370/230, 370/241, 370/252, 370/310, 370/328, 370/338, 370/315, 370345-347, 370445- 8, 370/412, 370/413, 370/414, 370/416, 370/477, 370/418, 370/428, 370/429, 370/463, 370/415
• US Class Current: 370/414
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/10 Flow control; Congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2416 Real-time traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/266 Stopping or restarting the source, e.g. X-on or X-off
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/14 using intermediate storage
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]

Abstract

A network device for transmitting data of a host system to a network including a buffer for storing the data, a first transmission interface providing a control signal to the host system, and a second transmission interface coupled to the buffer for transmitting the data from the buffer to the network. A data transmission method of the network device includes the following steps: providing a network device and a host system, wherein the network device is providing a control signal to the host system, and the network device immediately activates a frame transmission procedure after providing the control signal; the host system starting to transmit data to the network device after the host system receives the control signal; and the network device transmitting the data to the network after a frame transmission pre-procedure is finished and when the data of the host system are completely transmitted to the network device.

Claims

1. A network device for transmitting data of a host system to a network, comprising:

a buffer for data storage;

a first transmission interface for providing a control signal to the host system, when the host system receives the control signal, the host system starting to transmit the data and the first transmission interface storing the data in the buffer; and

a second transmission interface coupled to the buffer for transmitting the data from the buffer to the network;

wherein when the first transmission interface provides the control signal, the second transmission interface activates a frame transmission procedure; and

when the data are completely transmitted to the buffer after a frame transmission pre-procedure is finished, the data are read from the buffer and transmitted to the network,

wherein the frame transmission procedure comprises a carrier-sense, a network channel contention, and steps of transmitting a preamble, a header and a frame body.

2. The network device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the frame transmission pre-procedure comprises a carrier-sense, a network channel contention, and steps of transmitting a preamble and a header.

3. The network device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first transmission interface is a USB2.0 interface, a PCI interface or a CardBus interface.

4. The network device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data transmission speed of the first transmission interface is higher than that of the second transmission interface.

5. A data transmission method of a network device comprising the following steps:

a. providing a network device and a host system, wherein the network device is provideable a control signal to the host system, and the network device immediately activates a frame transmission procedure after providing the control signal;

b. the host system starting to transmit data to the network device after the host system receives the control signal; and

c. the network device transmitting the data to the network after a frame transmission pre-procedure is finished and when the data of the host system are completely transmitted to the network devices,

wherein the frame transmission procedure comprises a carrier-sense, a network channel contention, and steps of transmitting a preamble, a header and a frame body.

6. The data transmission method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the frame transmission pre-procedure comprises the carrier-sense, the network channel contention, and steps of transmitting the preamble and the header.

7. The data transmission method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the network device comprises a buffer for storing the data, a first transmission interface for providing the control signal to the host system, and a second transmission interface coupled to the buffer for transmitting the data from the buffer to the network.

8. The data transmission method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first transmission interface is a USB2.0 interface, a PCI interface or a CardBus interface.

9. The data transmission method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the data transmission speed of the first transmission interface is higher than that of the second transmission interface.

10. A data transmission method of a network device comprising the following steps:

a. providing a network device having a first transmission interface and a second transmission interface, the first transmission interface being for receiving data of a host system, the second transmission interface being for transmitting the data to the network;

b. the network device providing a control signal, wherein after the host system receives the control signal, the host system starts to transmit the data to the first transmission interface, and the second transmission interface activates a frame transmission procedure;

c. checking whether the data of the host system are completely transmitted to the network device after a frame transmission pre-procedure is finished; and

d. transmitting the data to the network when the data of the host system are completely transmitted to the network device;

or the network device abandoning a network channel authority when the data of the host system are not completely transmitted to the network device,

wherein the frame transmission procedure comprises a carrier-sense, a network channel contention, and steps of transmitting a preamble, a header and a frame body.

11. The data transmission method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the network device comprises a buffer coupled between the first and second transmission interfaces.

12. The data transmission method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first transmission interface is a USB2.0 interface, a PCI interface or a CardBus interface.

13. The data transmission method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the frame transmission pre-procedure comprises the carrier-sense, the network channel contention, and steps of transmitting the preamble and the header.