Author Topic: what is the sense of link control in USB3.0 or PIC express  (Read 7405 times)

Chris

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hello;
In many high speed serial bus protocal,link control is important.Befor and after a packet transaction in protocal layer,there always some link packets trans.what's the real purpose of link control? IF there's no link control what will be happened?
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Re: what is the sense of link control in USB3.0 or PIC express
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2011, 08:51:03 am »
In USB 3.0, link commands acknowledge received header packets, recover from errors, implement flow control, and manage power. Link-layer protocols define how the link manages buffers, frames packets, and detects received packets. The link layer handles training and synchronizing to establish connectivity between a device and its upstream link partner.

For details, see the USB 3.0 spec.

Jan