Abstract:
A method of perform transactions in a communication network, wherein information is exchanged between Intellectual Property (IP) cores. The information is transported in packets (P) including a header (HD) for transporting control information, and one or more payloads (PL) transporting content. The method provide the use of a versatile packet format (HF1-HF17) adapted to transport different traffic patterns generated by Intellectual Property (IP) cores using different protocols to ensure a simple interoperability between the Intellectual Property (IP) cores, providing also the configurability of the granularity arbitration process in order to correct crossing the routers in the communication network.
Abstract:
A method for making an on-chip interconnect for conveying between a set of initiators (10) and a set of targets (20) a traffic organized in a number of classes of service (ABC, SRT, HRT, LC) envisages: - associating to the traffic, starting from the aforesaid initiators (10) respective priority values representing the classes of service; - propagating the priority values towards the points (21, 22) of the network, where an arbitration is performed between two classes of service of the aforesaid traffic (ABC, SRT, HRT, LC); and - providing in said points the arbitration as a function of the aforesaid priority values.