Patent ID: 6081527
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A data transfer device for transferring packets of data having a predetermined order across an asynchronous boundary separating a first time domain from a second time domain, said device comprising:a plurality of transmitters located in the first time domain for transmitting packets of data across the asynchronous boundary, each transmitter transmitting one packet of data in response to a transmit signal;a plurality of receivers located in the second time domain for receiving the packets of data transmitted by the plurality of transmitters, each receiver receiving packets of data from only one transmitter of the plurality of transmitters;first ordering means located in the first time domain for sending the transmit signal to the transmitters to transmit the packets of data in the predetermined order; andsecond ordering means located in the second time domain for outputting the packets of data received by the receivers in the predetermined order.