Patent ID: 6185438
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
For use in a communications network, a communications controller capable of transmitting outbound data to a receiving node and receiving incoming data from a transmitting node comprising:a processor comprising:a plurality of transmit buffer descriptors, each of said plurality of transmit buffer descriptors comprising at least one register capable of storing transmit configuration information used by said processor to control a transmission of said outbound data; anda plurality of receive buffer descriptors, each of said plurality of receive buffer descriptors comprising at least one register capable of storing receive configuration information used by said processor to control a reception of said incoming data; anda memory coupled to said processor and capable of storing said transmit configuration information in a virtual transmit buffer descriptors array and storing said receive configuration information in a virtual receive buffer descriptors array, wherein said processor transfers said receive configuration information from at least one of said plurality of receive buffer descriptors to said virtual receive buffer descriptors array when said plurality of receive buffer descriptors are full.