| abstract |
A multipacket interface is easily adaptable to any of several link layer interfaces via a simple adaptation layer which can be provided on an ASIC or FPGA. The interface according to the invention includes (in both transmit and receive directions) a multi-bit data signal, a multi-bit channel identifier, a packet abort/error signal, a start-of-frame signal, an end-of-frame signal, a data valid signal, and an interface clock, In the transmit direction, the interface also includes a data request signal and a multi-bit PDU length indicator signal. In the receive direction the interface also includes a server signal failure signal. |