Patent ID: 7010579
Filing Date: 2006-03-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A data transfer method for transferring data between two processing systems, comprising: receiving a wireless signal data packet from a radio frequency physical layer processing system; storing the received data packet into a first memory device associated with the media access control layer, the received data packet comprising a header portion and a data portion; processing the header portion of the packet by a media access control layer processing system while the data packet is stored in the first Memory device; determining whether the data packet is one of group consisting of a video stream and an audio stream by the media access control layer processing system; transferring the header portion to a main memory and the data portion to a memory associated with a host processing system responsive to determining the data packet is one of the group consisting of a video stream and an audio stream; and executing a single processor instruction on the media access control layer to transfer the header portion and the data portion to the main memory responsive to determining the data packet is not one of group consisting of a video stream and an audio stream; wherein said media access control layer processing system and the host processing system operate independently.