Patent ID: 11888753
Assignee: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A system comprising:
a data buffer;
a controller, wherein the controller is configured to identify a quantity of empty data byte locations in the data buffer;
a transceiver, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive an indicator associated with transmitting data packets, wherein the indicator comprises a control frame; and
a state machine configured to transition among a set of states based on the control frame,
wherein the controller is further configured to pause a lossless flow of data between the data buffer and at least two devices based at least in part on the quantity of empty data byte locations being below a threshold and a state of the state machine, wherein pausing the lossless flow of data comprises transmitting a pause request comprising the control frame to one or more of the at least two other devices.