Method for controlling a message send in a packet-switched interconnection network

Patent 5910178 Issued on June 8, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date:

July 24, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Application

No. 899552 filed on 07/24/1997

US Classes:

709/232, Computer-to-computer data transfer regulating370/282, Transmit/receive interaction control709/237, Computer-to-computer handshaking709/250NETWORK-TO-COMPUTER INTERFACING

Examiners

Primary: Lim, Krisna

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

International Classes

H04L 012/00
G06F 015/16

Foreign Application Priority Data

1996-07-24 KP

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for controlling a message send in a packet-switched interconnection network, which incorporates a message send controller supporting an efficient message send and a dedicated hardware capable of maximizing a message send rate, taking the structural characteristics of the message-passing parallel computer system method into maximum considerations, thereby minimizing software and hardware overhead in sending a message and being capable of selecting a message send method in accordance with the message characteristics.