Patent ID: 6839779

Claim:
An apparatus for limiting a data transfer bandwidth through handshake suppression, the apparatus comprising: a first arrangement being configured to receive a plurality of clock cycles, being further configured to generate a first reset signal, and being further configured to generate a second reset signal a predetermined number of clock cycles after generating the first reset signal; a second arrangement coupled to the first arrangement to receive the reset signals therefrom, the second arrangement being configured to receive the reset signals, being further configured to receive a first Ready To Send (“RTS”) handshake signal and a first Ready to Receive (“RTR”) handshake signal, and being further configured to generate a handshake count representing a number of receptions, between a reception of the first reset signal and a reception of the second reset signal, of the first RTS handshake signal and the first RTR handshake signal; a third arrangement coupled to the second arrangement to receive the handshake count therefrom, the third arrangement being configured to generate a disable signal based on a comparison of the handshake count and a maximum value; a fourth arrangement coupled to the third arrangement to receive the disable signal therefrom, the fourth arrangement being configured to disable a second RTR handshake signal and the first RTS handshake signal in response to the disable signal.