Patent ID: 8601150
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: sending outgoing data in a first outgoing data block from a first processing system to a second processing system; updating a first data structure at the first processing system, wherein the first data structure indicates an order of transmission of each of a plurality of outgoing data blocks, wherein the plurality of outgoing data blocks includes the first outgoing data block; in response to an end of a first frame, generating an outgoing caboose packet based on the first data structure, the outgoing caboose packet including information identifying the order of transmission of each of the plurality of outgoing data blocks during the first frame, wherein the outgoing data is generated during a processing frame, and wherein the processing frame includes the first frame and at least one second frame; sending the outgoing caboose packet from the first processing system to the second processing system, wherein the first frame and the at least one second frame are cross-channel data link frames, and wherein state data is communicated between the first processing system and the second processing system during the first frame; selecting data to be processed during an interim time period after the end of the first frame and prior to a beginning of the at least one second frame, wherein the data to be processed is selected based on incoming data received from the second processing system during the first frame; processing the selected data during the interim time period to generate processed data; and sending the processed data in a second outgoing data block to the second processing system during the at least one second frame.