Patent ID: 8233506
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: observing a sequence of timing calibration packets on a point-to-point link within a computing system having a network between components of said computing system, each of said timing calibration packets having timing calibration information that includes first clock cycle information and second clock cycle information, said first clock cycle information indicating when a respective timing calibration packet was ready to be transferred to a physical layer from a core region of a computing system component that transmitted said respective timing calibration packet, said second clock cycle information indicating when said respective timing calibration packet was actually transferred from said core region to said physical layer; recognizing a transfer pattern from amongst the timing calibration information of the observed sequence of timing calibration packets; observing non timing calibration packets on said point-to-point to link; and, determining when said non timing calibration packets were ready to be transferred to said physical layer based on said transfer pattern.