Patent ID: 6374314
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of managing storage of data comprising:assigning a first one of a plurality of buffer pointers to a first frame of data and storing the first frame of data in a location in memory identified by the assigned first buffer pointer; determining whether the first frame of data comprises one of a sequence of frames; storing the assigned buffer pointer in a first location when the first frame of data comprises one of a sequence of frames and a different location when the first frame of data does not comprise one of a sequence of frames; assigning a second one of the plurality of buffer pointers to a last frame of data in a sequence of frames to identify the first and last frame of a sequence of data, and storing the last frame of data in a location in memory identified by the assigned second buffer pointer; after storing the first and second assigned buffer pointers, processing the sequence of frames of data stored in locations in memory using the stored first and second assigned buffer pointers; and reassigning the assigned buffer pointers to a group of unassigned buffer pointers after processing the sequence of frames of data.