Patent ID: 9515945
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method, for a data transmitter associated with a first processor and transmitting data over an interface to a data receiver associated with a second processor, of changing a data rate of communication over the interface, the method comprising: transmitting data over the interface at a first data rate; determining to change the first data rate to a second data rate; transmitting, to the data receiver, a request to change the first data rate to the second data rate; receiving a response message from the data receiver; after receiving the response message comprising an acknowledgement, reconfiguring the first processor to an operating point associated with the second data rate, wherein the operating point defines an operating frequency and an operating voltage of the first processor; and transmitting data over the interface at the second data rate when the response message comprises an acknowledgement to change the first data rate to the second data rate.