Patent ID: 11956311
Assignee: MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC H

Claim 1:
2. A communication system, comprising the computer device of claim 1 and further comprising the remote computer device, wherein the remote computer device is configured to communicate with the computer device via the network link, and wherein the remote computer device comprises:
a second network interface configured to receive the plurality of data units sent by a remote the computer device over the network link, the plurality of data units being sent by the remote computer device in the sequenced order;
a second traffic monitor configured to monitor traffic on the network link, and to selectively send congestion notifications comprising the traffic control signals over the network link via the second network interface to the computer device, in response to having sensed that certain data units sent by the computer device have been received or will likely be received out of the sequenced order, to cause the computer device to temporarily pause sending further data units to maintain ongoing receipt of data units in the sequenced order;
an ingress processor, separate from a central processing unit (CPU) associated with the computer device, the ingress processor configured to detect a header segment of a received data unit and a corresponding payload segment of the received data unit; and
a storage controller configured to store the header segment of the received data unit in a first memory location, and to store the corresponding payload segment of the received data unit in a second memory location separate from the first memory location, the second memory location corresponding to a next location in a storage queue.