Patent ID: 9319340
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling the processing of data in a data processor, the data processor being connectable to a further device over a data link, the method comprising the steps of: receiving data at an element of the data processor; if a set interval has elapsed following the receipt of the data, determining whether processing of the received data in accordance with a data transfer protocol has begun, and, if it has not, triggering such processing of the received data by a protocol processing element; wherein a buffer space having a size is allocated to the data link for storing data received at the data processor over the data link, the data link having a protocol that employs a receive window in accordance with which a transmitter of data according to the protocol will transmit no further traffic data once an amount of data defined by the receive window has been transmitted and is unacknowledged by the data processor such that a size of the receive window is modified to a new size during operation; sensing the size of the buffer space allocated to the data link relative to the new size of the receive window; and setting the interval in dependence on the sensed size of the buffer space allocated to the data link relative to the new size of the receive window.