Patent ID: 7327725
Filing Date: 2008-02-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating data packets across a midplane or a backplane of an electronic system, comprising the steps of: a) forming a plurality of channels through said midplane or backplane, b) partitioning each data packet into segments of a predetermined size; c) serializing each segment to a predetermined width; d) transmitting each serialized segment across said midplane or backplane on a respective channel, including the step of delaying the transmission of a segment in one channel from that of a channel carrying a next sequential segment of the data packet so that the segments of a packet on the respective channel are staggered in time relative to each other, e) receiving, from said respective channels, serialized segments that have traversed the midplane or backplane; f) deserializing the received serialized segments; and g) re-assembling the deserialized segments into the data packet.