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

Claim 0:
1. A communication apparatus, comprising:
input circuitry, to receive packets from a data source in accordance with a first communication protocol that employs credit-based flow control;
an encapsulator, to buffer the packets in a memory buffer and to encapsulate the buffered packets in accordance with a second communication protocol;
transmission circuitry, to transmit the encapsulated packets over a communication link in accordance with the second communication protocol; and
flow control circuitry, to receive from the encapsulator buffer status indications that are indicative of a fill level of the memory buffer, and to exchange 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.