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

Claim 12:
13. A device comprising:
a state machine;
a processor;
memory in electronic communication with the processor; and
instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to:
identify, by the device, a quantity of empty data byte locations in a data buffer of the device;
receive an indicator associated with transmitting data packets, wherein the indicator comprises a control frame;
identify a state of a state machine included in the device, wherein the state machine enters the state based on the control frame; and
pause a lossless flow of data between the device and at least two other devices based at least in part on the quantity of empty data byte locations being below a threshold and the 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.