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Method to support lossless real time data sampling and processing on rapid I/O end-point

  • US 8,213,448 B2
  • Filed: 03/06/2008
  • Issued: 07/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a serial buffer to provide a data offload function, the method comprising:

  • monitoring an incoming stream of packets to identify single missing packets and multiple consecutive missing packets in the incoming stream of packets;

    interrupting operation of the serial buffer upon identifying multiple consecutive missing packets in the incoming stream of packets;

    inserting a single missing packet identifier into each of the packets that results in the identification of a single missing packet;

    writing the incoming stream of packets, including any inserted single missing packet identifiers, to a queue;

    reading the packets, including any inserted single missing packet identifiers, from the queue to provide an outgoing stream of packets;

    inserting a dummy packet into the outgoing stream of packets in response to each of the packets read from the queue having an inserted single missing packet identifier.

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