Patent ID: 11929934
Assignee: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A communication method, comprising:
receiving packets from a data source in accordance with a first communication protocol that employs credit-based flow control;
buffering the packets in a memory buffer and encapsulating the buffered packets in accordance with a second communication protocol;
receiving buffer status indications that are indicative of a fill level of the memory buffer, and exchanging credit messages with the data source in accordance with the credit-based flow control of the first communication protocol, responsively to the buffer status indications; and
transmitting the encapsulated packets over a communication link in accordance with the second communication protocol, wherein a round-trip delay over the communication link is larger than a maximal round-trip delay supported by the credit-based flow control of the first communication protocol.