US 12,335,144 B2
Electronic device and flow control method for electronic device
Tao Cui, Suzhou (CN); Fenglin Wang, Suzhou (CN); Mingxu Wang, Suzhou (CN); and Xiaofeng Lu, Suzhou (CN)
Assigned to Realtek Semiconductor Corp., HsinChu (TW)
Filed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp., HsinChu (TW)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/117,480.
Claims priority of application No. 202210264797.0 (CN), filed on Mar. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0300072 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 47/11 (2022.01); H04L 47/12 (2022.01); H04L 47/32 (2022.01); H04L 47/62 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 47/11 (2013.01) [H04L 47/12 (2013.01); H04L 47/32 (2013.01); H04L 47/6205 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A electronic device, comprising:
a first port and a second port, wherein the first port is capable of connecting to a first external device, and the second port is capable of connecting to a second external device;
a processing circuit; and
a transceiver circuit, being capable of connecting to another electronic device through a cable;
wherein the processing circuit transmits a specific pause frame to said another electronic device through the transceiver circuit, the specific pause frame comprises at least one of a local port flow control ability and a remote port congestion status, the local port flow control ability comprises information that indicates whether the first external device and the second external device have flow control ability, and the remote port congestion status comprises congestion status of the electronic device that is caused by multiple packets from said another electronic device.