US 11,966,777 B2
Level two first-in-first-out transmission
Thomas Anton Leyrer, Geisenhausen (DE); William Cronin Wallace, Richardson, TX (US); and David Alston Lide, Rockville, MD (US)
Assigned to Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/666,148.
Application 17/666,148 is a continuation of application No. 17/126,143, filed on Dec. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,243,809.
Application 17/126,143 is a continuation of application No. 16/424,690, filed on May 29, 2019, granted, now 10,871,992, issued on Dec. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/677,878, filed on May 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0164226 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 1/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/448 (2018.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/52 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 13/20 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 16/9035 (2019.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 9/4881 (2013.01) [G06F 1/06 (2013.01); G06F 9/448 (2018.02); G06F 9/5011 (2013.01); G06F 9/5016 (2013.01); G06F 9/5038 (2013.01); G06F 9/52 (2013.01); G06F 11/1004 (2013.01); G06F 13/20 (2013.01); G06F 13/28 (2013.01); G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 16/9035 (2019.01); H04L 1/0041 (2013.01); G06F 2209/5012 (2013.01); G06F 2209/503 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
16. A method comprising:
receiving a first set of data for transmission over a network;
thereafter, receiving a second set of data for transmission over the network, wherein the second set of data has a priority;
based on the priority of the second set of data, generating a first Ethernet packet for the first set of data that includes a first packet fragment and a second packet fragment;
generating a second Ethernet packet for the second set of data; and
transmitting the second Ethernet packet between the first packet fragment and the second packet fragment.