Patent ID: 6430225
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A data transmission apparatus adapted for carrying out transmission/reception of data and control code,the data transmission apparatus comprising: an input/output port; data converting processing means for the converting the data to be transmitted from n bit code to m bit code and passing the resulting m bit code to the input/output port, and for converting the data received form the input/output port from m bit code to n bit code; control signal converting processing means for converting a transmit control signal for arbitrating use of a non-crossbar switched transmission path connected to the input/output port into an arbitration control code comprising m bit code, except for m bit code allocated to the data to be transmitted, and passing the resulting arbitration control code to the input/output port, and for converting a received control code of m bits received from the input/output port into a received control signal.