CPC H04L 47/32 (2013.01) [H04L 47/30 (2013.01)] | 25 Claims |
17. A relay device, comprising:
a first data interface coupled with a peer device;
a second data interface coupled with a host device;
a data buffer that stores data packets received from the host device prior to transmitting the data packets to the peer device; and
a state machine that transitions among a set of states in response to a control frame received at the relay device,
wherein the relay device enables a lossless transmission of data between the host device and the peer device and transmits a pause request comprising the control frame to the host device based on utilization of the data buffer reaching a data storage capacity and the state of the state machine.
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