Patent ID: 7466757
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting a data block from a data source to a data sink on a bus that supports a transmission of a frame having a variable and limited number n of data elements, comprising: transmitting, from the data sink to the data source, control information that specifies at least a number N of data elements contained in a block to be transmitted; if N>n, transmitting int (N/n) frames, each containing n data elements of the block to be transmitted and transmitting a frame having (N mod n) data elements of the block to be transmitted from the data source to the data sink, int (N/n) being the largest integer which is less than or equal to N/n; and recognizing the transmission of the block as complete by the data sink if the number of data elements received in the step of transmitting int (N/n) frames agrees with the number N specified in the control information; wherein the data source transmits the block at a point in time specified in the control information.