Patent ID: 8811163
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: defining a suspension time value representing a period of time for suspending transmission of data between a queue within a transmit side of a first stage of queues and a queue within a receive side of the first stage of queues; and sending, from a flow control module on a receive side of a physical link, a flow control signal to a flow control module on the transmit side of the physical link, the flow control signal configured to suspend transmission of data from the queue within the transmit side of the first stage of queues based on the suspension of time value, the flow control signal being associated with a first control loop and not a second flow control loop, the first control loop including the first stage of queues, a second stage of queues, and the physical link, the second control loop including the second stage of queues and the physical link and excludes the first stage of queues.