Patent ID: 7301954
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a first buffer memory of a first type to store data associated with a connection identifier corresponding to a channel in a network, the data being organized into at least one chunk based on a linked list, the at least one chunk comprising at least one chunk data block, the connection identifier identifying a connection in the channel, the data being part of a data stream of a packet associated with the connection, the packet having a defined packet size; a packet memory of a second type coupled to the first buffer memory and configured to store the at least one chunk data block; a second buffer memory of the first type coupled to the first buffer memory and the packet memory, and configured to store the at least one chunk data block; and a write circuit (i) to write the at least one chunk data block to the packet memory in response to a transfer condition if the packet size indicates the packet is long, and (ii) to write the at least one chunk data block to the second buffer memory in response to the transfer condition if the packet size indicates the packet is short.