Author: claimsbot

1. Device for attaching an electrical harness on a structure of an aircraft comprising a support connected to the structure, the harness following a path direction, characterized in that it comprises a body with at least two jaws, at least one of the jaws being movable along a reference plane perpendicular to the path direction between a first open position in which they enable the insertion of at least one harness and a second closed position in which they keep the inserted harness or harnesses in position, and on the other hand, a retainer strip in the form of a blade whose ends are connected to the support allowing for the jaws to be maintained in closed position and the body to be flattened against the support.
2. Attachment device according to claim 1, characterized in that the retainer strip is flattened against at least one portion of a flank of the body which is perpendicular to the reference plane.
3. Attachment device according to claim 1, characterized in that the body comprises three jaws, a first jaw which cooperates with two jaws, each connected to the first jaw via an articulation zone.
4. Attachment device according to claim 3, characterized in that the articulation zones are spaced apart as far as possible.
5. Attachment device according to claim 2, characterized in that the flank comprises a groove to house the retainer strip.
6. Attachment device according to claim 1, characterized in that the retainer strip is a spring blade.
7. Attachment device according to claim 6, characterized in that the support comprises at least one slot and in that at least one end of the retainer strip is curved upon itself so as to form a first rectilinear portion, a curved portion, and a second rectilinear portion, the distance between the two rectilinear portions Increasing in a direction going away from the curved portion in order to enable the insertion of said end in the slot and to prevent its removal without a pinching action tending to move the two rectilinear portions closer together.
8. Attachment device according to claim 7, characterized in that the other end of the retainer strip comprises an L shape, the foot of the L being inserted in a slot provided in the support so as to retain the retainer strip.
9. Attachment device according to claim 1, characterized in that the body comprises means for immobilizing it in translation along the path direction.
10. Attachment device according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one of the jaws comprises a cavity whose shape conforms to at least one portion of the section of the harness.
11. Attachment device according to claim 10, characterized in that each jaw comprises, for each harness, a semi-cylindrical cavity, the cavities of the two jaws being arranged facing one another as a pair when the jaws are in the closed position in order to define a passage having a substantially cylindrical shape.
12. Attachment device according to claim 10, characterized in that at least one cavity comprises channels oriented along the path direction.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A circuit for crosstalk compensation, said circuit comprising:
a first, a second, a third, and a fourth signal conductors,
said first and said fourth signal conductors forming a first signal-pair, and said second and said third signal conductors forming a second signal-pair; and

a first offshoot conductor having a first end and a second end, said first end of said first offshoot conductor being connected to said second signal conductor and said second end of said first offshoot conductor being capacitively coupled to said third signal conductor,
wherein a first capacitive coupling and a first mutual inductive coupling occur between at least a portion of said first signal conductor and at least a portion of said first offshoot conductor.
2. The circuit of claim 1, wherein said second end of said first offshoot conductor is capacitively coupled to said third signal conductor via a capacitor.
3. The circuit of claim 2, wherein said capacitor includes a first capacitor member and a second capacitor member, said first capacitor member being connected to said second end of said first offshoot conductor and said second capacitor member being comprised of at least a portion of said third signal conductor.
4. The circuit of claim 2, wherein said capacitor includes a first capacitor member and a second capacitor member, said first capacitor member being connected to said second end of said first offshoot conductor and said second capacitor member being connected to a second offshoot conductor, said second offshoot conductor having a first end and a second end, said first end of said second offshoot conductor being connected to said third signal conductor and said second end of said second offshoot conductor being connected to said second capacitor member,
wherein at least one of capacitive coupling and mutual inductive coupling does not occur between said fourth signal conductor and said second offshoot conductor.
5. The circuit of claim 2, wherein said capacitor is at least one of a finger capacitor and a pad capacitor.
6. The circuit of claim 1, wherein said second end of said first offshoot conductor is capacitively coupled to said third signal conductor via distributed capacitive coupling.
7. The circuit of claim 1, wherein at least one of said first capacitive coupling and said first mutual inductive coupling is achieved by at least one of distributed coupling and discrete coupling element.
8. The circuit of claim 1, wherein said first capacitive coupling and said first mutual inductive coupling occur at an approximately same time.
9. The circuit of claim 1, wherein a signal produced by said first mutual inductive coupling is phase-shifted approximately 90 degrees relative to a signal produced by said first capacitive coupling.
10. The circuit of claim 1, wherein
said second signal conductor is connected to a first source impedance,
said third signal conductor is connected to a second source impedance, and
said first source impedance, said second source impedance, and said capacitive coupling between said second end of said first offshoot conductor and said third signal conductor comprise a resistor-capacitor circuit,
said resistor-capacitor circuit being excited in response to a signal transmitted on said first signal conductor.
11. The circuit of claim 1, wherein said circuit is implemented on at least one of a printed circuit board and a lead frame.
12. A communication jack, comprising:
a first, a second, a third, and a fourth signal conductors,
each of said first, said second, said third, and said fourth signal conductors having a respective plug interface contact, a respective insulation displacement contact, and a respective signal trace connecting said respective plug interface contact to said respective insulation displacement contact,
said first and said fourth signal conductors forming a first signal-pair, and said second and said third signal conductors forming a second signal-pair; and

a first offshoot conductor having a first end and a second end, said first end of said first offshoot conductor being connected to said second signal conductor and said second end of said first offshoot conductor being capacitively coupled to said third signal conductor,
wherein a first capacitive coupling and a first mutual inductive coupling occur between at least a portion of said first signal conductor and at least a portion of said first offshoot conductor.
13. The communication jack of claim 12, wherein said second end of said first offshoot conductor is capacitively coupled to said third signal conductor via a capacitor.
14. The communication jack of claim 13, wherein said capacitor includes a first capacitor member and a second capacitor member, said first capacitor member being connected to said second end of said first offshoot conductor and said second capacitor member being comprised of at least a portion of said third signal conductor.
15. The communication jack of claim 13, wherein said capacitor includes a first capacitor member and a second capacitor member, said first capacitor member being connected to said second end of said first offshoot conductor and said second capacitor member being connected to a second offshoot conductor, said second offshoot conductor having a first end and a second end, said first end of said second offshoot conductor being connected to said third signal conductor and said second end of said second offshoot conductor being connected to said second capacitor member,
wherein at least one of capacitive coupling and mutual inductive coupling does not occur between said fourth signal conductor and said second offshoot conductor.
16. The communication jack of claim 13, wherein said capacitor is at least one of a finger capacitor and a pad capacitor.
17. The communication jack of claim 12, wherein said second end of said first offshoot conductor is capacitively coupled to said third signal conductor via distributed capacitive coupling.
18. The communication jack of claim 12, wherein at least one of said first capacitive coupling and said first mutual inductive coupling is achieved by at least one of distributed coupling and discrete coupling element.
19. The communication jack of claim 12, wherein said first capacitive coupling and said first mutual inductive coupling occur at an approximately same time.
20. The communication jack of claim 12, wherein a signal produced by said first mutual inductive coupling is phase-shifted approximately 90 degrees relative to a signal produced by said first capacitive coupling.
21. The communication jack of claim 12, wherein
said second signal conductor is connected to a first source impedance,
said third signal conductor is connected to a second source impedance, and
said first source impedance, said second source impedance, and said capacitive coupling between said second end of said first offshoot conductor and said third signal conductor comprise a resistor-capacitor circuit,
said resistor-capacitor circuit being excited in response to a signal transmitted on said first signal conductor.
22. The communication jack of claim 12, further comprising a printed circuit board, wherein at least a part of each of said first, said second, said third, and said fourth signal traces is positioned on said printed circuit board, and
wherein at least a part of said first offshoot conductor is positioned on said printed circuit board.
23. The communication jack of claim 12, wherein said jack is mateable to a corresponding plug producing some amount of plug crosstalk, and wherein said first capacitive coupling and said first mutual inductive coupling occur at an approximately same distance from said plug crosstalk.
24. The communication jack of claim 12, wherein said respective signal traces are formed as at least one of printed circuit board traces and leadframe traces.
25. A communication system comprising:
a communication equipment; and
a communication jack installed in said communication equipment, said communication jack including:
a first, a second, a third, and a fourth signal conductors,
each of said first, said second, said third, and said fourth signal conductors having a respective plug interface contact, a respective insulation displacement contact, and a respective signal trace connecting said respective plug interface contact to said respective insulation displacement contact,
said first and said fourth signal conductors forming a first signal-pair, and said second and said third signal conductors forming a second signal-pair; and

a first offshoot conductor having a first end and a second end, said first end of said first offshoot conductor being connected to said second signal conductor and said second end of said first offshoot conductor being capacitively coupled to said third signal conductor,
wherein a first capacitive coupling and a first mutual inductive coupling occur between at least a portion of said first signal conductor and at least a portion of said first offshoot conductor.
26. A method for compensating for undesired crosstalk within a communication jack having a first, a second, a third, and a fourth signal conductors, said first and said fourth signal conductors forming a first signal-pair, and said second and said third signal conductors forming a second signal-pair, said method comprising the steps of:
providing a first offshoot conductor having a first end and a second end;
connecting said first end of said first offshoot conductor to said second signal conductor;
capacitively coupling said second end of said first offshoot conductor with said third signal conductor; and
capacitively and mutual-inductively coupling at least a portion of said first signal conductor with at least a portion of said first offshoot conductor, producing a first capacitive signal and a first mutual inductive signal, respectively.
27. The method of claim 26, wherein the step of capacitively coupling said second end of said first offshoot conductor with said third signal conductor causes said first mutual inductive signal to be phase-shifted approximately 90 degrees relative to said first capacitive signal.
28. A communication connector, comprising:
plug interface contacts including a plurality of conductor pairs;
cable connector contacts; and
a printed circuit board connecting said plug interface contacts to respective said cable connector contacts, said printed circuit board including circuitry between a first said conductor pair and a second said conductor pair,
said circuitry including a first mutually inductive coupling between a first conductor of said first conductor pair and a first conductor of said second conductor pair, and a first capacitive coupling between said first conductor of said first conductor pair and said first conductor of said second conductor pair, said first capacitive coupling approximately concurrent with said first mutually inductive coupling, and
said circuitry being capacitively coupled to a second conductor of said second conductor pair.
29. The communication connector of claim 28, wherein said printed circuit board including input terminals connected to respective plug interface contacts and output terminals connected to respective cable connector contacts, said first conductor of said first conductor pair and said second conductor of said first conductor pair connecting respective said input terminals to respective said output terminals.
30. The communication connector of claim 28, further including a predetermined NEXT requirement over a frequency range of interest, wherein values of said first mutually inductive coupling and said capacitive coupling between said circuitry and said second conductor of said second conductor pair are chosen to produce additional cancellation in said NEXT.
31. The communication connector of claim 30, wherein said additional cancellation occurs in said frequency range of interest.
32. The communication connector of claim 30, wherein a value of said first capacitive coupling is chosen so that said connector has improved NEXT when compared to said predetermined NEXT requirement.
33. The communication connector of claim 28, wherein said plug interface contacts have predetermined couplings between said plurality of conductor pairs, said first capacitive coupling dependent on said predetermined couplings.
34. The communication connector of claim 28, wherein said first mutually inductive coupling is distributed mutual inductance, and said first capacitive coupling is distributed capacitance.
35. A communication system, comprising:
communication equipment; and
a communication connector connected to said communication equipment, the communication connector including plug interface contacts having a plurality of conductor pairs, cable connector contacts, and a printed circuit board connecting said plug interface contacts to respective said cable connector contacts, said printed circuit board including circuitry between a first said conductor pair and a second said conductor pair,
said circuitry including a first mutually inductive coupling between a first conductor of said first conductor pair and a first conductor of said second conductor pair, and a first capacitive coupling between said first conductor of said first conductor pair and said first conductor of said second conductor pair, said first capacitive coupling approximately concurrent with said first mutually inductive coupling, and
said circuitry being capacitively coupled to a second conductor of said second conductor pair.
36. The communication system of claim 35, wherein said printed circuit board including input terminals connected to respective plug interface contacts and output terminals connected to respective cable connector contacts, said first conductor of said first conductor pair and said second conductor of said first conductor pair connecting respective said input terminals to respective said output terminals.
37. The communication system of claim 35, further including a predetermined NEXT requirement over a frequency range of interest, wherein values of said first mutually inductive coupling and said capacitive coupling between said circuitry and said second conductor of said second conductor pair are chosen to produce additional cancellation in said NEXT.
38. The communication system of claim 37, wherein said additional cancellation occurs in said frequency range of interest.
39. The communication system of claim 37, wherein a value of said first capacitive coupling is chosen so that said connector has improved NEXT when compared to said predetermined NEXT requirement.
40. The communication system of claim 35, wherein said plug interface contacts have predetermined couplings between said plurality of conductor pairs, said first capacitive coupling dependent on said predetermined couplings.
41. The communication system of claim 35, wherein said first mutually inductive coupling is distributed mutual inductance, and said first capacitive coupling is distributed capacitance.
42. A method of compensation between a plurality of conductor pairs in a communication jack, comprising the steps of:
providing a connector including plug interface contacts, cable connector contacts, first circuitry having a plurality of conductor pairs connecting respective said plug interface contacts and respective said cable connector contacts, and second circuitry connected to at least some of said first circuitry;
capacitive coupling and mutually inductive coupling a first conductor of a first conductor pair to a first conductor of a second conductor pair to produce a first capacitive coupling and a first mutually inductive coupling, respectively, via said second circuitry; and
shifting a phase of the first mutually inductive coupling to be approximately orthogonal to the first capacitive coupling by capacitively coupling said second circuitry to a second conductor of said first conductor pair via a second capacitive coupling.
43. The method of claim 42, further including the step of selecting: a value of the second capacitive coupling, a value of said first capacitive coupling, and a value of said first mutually inductive coupling; each of said values selected to produce an additional cancellation in NEXT.
44. The method of claim 43, wherein said NEXT includes a requirement in a frequency range of interest, said additional cancellation occurring within said range.
45. The method of claim 42, wherein said first capacitive coupling is a discrete circuit element.
46. The method of claim 42, wherein said first capacitive coupling includes a discrete circuit element and a distributed circuit element.
47. The method of claim 42, wherein said compensation is a crosstalk compensation.

1. A vehicle wheel, comprising:
a peripheral wheel rim;
a central hub with a central axle and an outer flange;
a plurality of spokes extending between said rim and said hub with a first portion connected to said rim and a second portion opposed to said first portion and connected to said hub and a span portion between said rim and said hub;
a bracing element including at least a portion of at least one of said rim and hub;
a connecting element connected to said bracing element;
wherein said spoke is a generally slender element with a longitudinal axis, a longitudinal external surface, and a tensile axis of applied tensile load along said span portion;
wherein said connecting element includes an external surface and an internal cavity with an internal surface adjacent said spoke;
wherein said connecting element is joined to said spoke by means of a crimped joinder wherein said external surface is pressed inwardly to plastically deform said connecting element such that said internal surface is displaced toward said spoke; and
wherein said crimped joinder supports said tensile load through an engagement interface.
2. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said crimped joinder supports said tensile load through an engagement interface between said connecting element and said spoke.
3. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said spoke supports tensile load in tension.
4. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said spoke supports tensile load in compression.
5. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said connecting element serves as a coupling to join two portions of said spoke and wherein said two portions of said spoke are directly engaged to each other and wherein said crimped joinder serves to maintain said direct engagement of said two portions of said spoke.
6. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said connecting element serves as a coupling to join two portions of said spoke and wherein said two portions of said spoke are joined to each other by means of said connecting element.
7. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said connecting element serves as a termination for said spoke.
8. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said spoke comprises a single span.
9. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said spoke is a duplex spoke, including two structural spans and a common portion therebetween and wherein said crimped joinder is at said common portion.
10. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said crimped joinder serves to shrink said internal cavity of said connecting element to engage with said spoke at said engagement interface.
11. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said engagement interface includes a longitudinal engagement between said connecting element and said spoke, wherein the longitudinal length of said longitudinal engagement is greater than the cross sectional thickness of said spoke.
12. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said internal surface of said cavity grips said external surface of said spoke at said engagement interface.
13. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said engagement interface includes a frictional engagement.
14. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said internal cavity of said connecting element includes a configured internal surface and wherein said external surface of said spoke is deformed to conform to said configured internal surface at said engagement interface.
15. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 14, wherein said internal surface of said internal cavity has greater hardness than said external surface of said spoke.
16. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said external surface of said spoke includes a configured external surface and wherein said internal cavity of said connecting element is deformed to conform to said configured external surface at said engagement interface.
17. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 16, wherein said external surface of said spoke has greater hardness than said internal surface of said internal cavity.
18. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said engagement interface includes a mechanical overlie engagement to limit relative movement between said spoke and said connecting element along said longitudinal axis.
19. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said connecting element includes a first configured surface and wherein said spoke includes a second configured surface and wherein said crimped joinder serves to reduce clearance between said first configured surface and said second configured surface. (FIG. 26)
20. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said internal cavity of said connecting element and said external surface of said spoke includes a configured surface at said engagement interface, with said configured surface comprising at least one of a helical threaded surface, a transition surface, a knurled surface, a ribbed surface, a warped surface and an indented surface.
21. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said connecting element includes non-circular geometry to facilitate the manipulation of said connecting element about said longitudinal axis.
22. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said crimped joinder serves to collapse said connecting element to create pinched folds.
23. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said connecting element continuously surrounds a cross section of said spoke.
24. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said connecting element includes a discontinuity such that said connecting element discontinuously surrounds a cross section of said spoke.
25. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said external surface is pressed in a direction perpendicular to said longitudinal axis to create said crimped joinder.
26. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said external surface is pressed in a direction parallel to said longitudinal axis to create said crimped joinder.
27. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, including an intermediate joining element, wherein said crimped joinder serves to join said spoke is to said intermediate joining element and to join said intermediate joining element to said connecting element.
28. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein a multiplicity of said spokes are joined to a single one of said connecting element by means of said crimped joinder.
29. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 28, wherein said connecting element includes a multiplicity of said internal cavities and wherein each of said multiplicity of said spokes are joined to a corresponding one of said internal cavities by means of said crimped joinder.
30. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said crimped joinder serves to join a multiplicity of said spokes to a single one of said internal cavity.
31. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said connecting element is integral with said bracing element.
32. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said internal cavity is a blind cavity of limited depth.
33. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said internal cavity is a through cavity that extends through the connector.
34. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said connecting element includes an engagement surface and wherein said connecting element is engaged to said bracing element at said engagement surface to limit relative movement between said connecting element and said bracing element along said longitudinal axis.
35. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 34, wherein said connecting element includes a helical thread with a threaded engagement, wherein said helical thread comprises said engagement surface.
36. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 34, wherein said engagement surface includes a direct overlie engagement between said connecting element and said bracing element.
37. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 34, including an intermediate connecting element, wherein said connecting element is connected to said intermediate connecting element and said intermediate connecting element is connected to said bracing element.
38. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 37, wherein said connection between said connecting element and said intermediate connecting element includes a threaded engagement.
39. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 37, wherein said connection between said bracing element and said intermediate connecting element includes a threaded engagement.
40. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 37, wherein said intermediate connecting element is connected to said bracing element by means of an overlie engagement.
41. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said spoke includes high strength fibers.
42. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 41, wherein the majority of said high strength fibers are aligned generally parallel to said longitudinal axis.
43. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 41, wherein said high strength fibers are encapsulated in a matrix, wherein said matrix is at least one of a thermoplastic polymer resin and a thermoset polymer resin matrix.
44. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said spoke has polymer external surface at said engagement interface.
45. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said spoke has steel external surface at said engagement interface.
46. A tensile connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein said connecting element is comprised of a metallic material consisting primarily of aluminum andor magnesium.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method comprising:
monitoring, at a performance monitor unit (PMU), write requests to a transmit portion and a receive portion of a buffer;
adjusting, at a buffer manager, a size of the transmit portion and a size of the receive portion of the buffer based on a comparison of a threshold value, corresponding to one of the transmit portion or the receive portion, with a number of buffer full events, corresponding to a different one of the transmit portion or the receive portion, determined at the PMU, wherein the number of buffer full events corresponds to buffer full events of one of the transmit portion or the receive portion; and
determining the threshold value by multiplying a value of the buffer full events by a factor.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the sizes of the transmit and the receive portions comprises generating a buffer configuration signal.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the sizes of the transmit and the receive portions is performed by maintaining a same size of the buffer.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating one of a transmit full counter corresponding to the transmit portion or a receive full counter corresponding to the receive portion for each occurrence of the buffer full events.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising resetting a transmit full counter corresponding to the transmit portion and a receive full counter corresponding to the receive portion if the transmit portion size and the receive portion size are adjusted.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the sizes of the transmit and receive portions of the buffer is performed as long as the size of the transmit and receive portions are above a minimum size.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising resetting a transmit full counter corresponding to the transmit portion and a receive full counter corresponding to the receive portion if the transmit portion size and the receive portion size are at a minimum size.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the sizes of the transmit and the receive portions comprises one of:
reducing the size of the transmit portion by a first number of entries and increasing the size of the receive portion by the first number of entries; or
increasing the size of the transmit portion by a second number of entries and increasing the size of the receive portion by the second number of entries.
9. An apparatus comprising:
logic circuitry to monitor write requests to a transmit portion and a receive portion of a buffer; and
a buffer manager to adjust a size of the transmit portion and a size of the receive portion of the buffer based on a comparison of a threshold value, corresponding to one of the transmit portion or the receive portion, with a number of buffer full events, corresponding to a different one of the transmit portion or the receive portion, wherein the buffer manager is coupled to receive a signal from the logic circuitry indicating the threshold value is exceeded, wherein the number of buffer full events corresponds to buffer full events of one of the transmit portion or the receive portion and wherein the threshold value is to be determined by multiplying a value of the buffer full events by a factor.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a transmit full counter corresponding to the transmit portion and a receive full counter corresponding to the receive portion.
11. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising one or more hardware registers to each store one or more of a transmit full counter corresponding to the transmit portion and a receive full counter corresponding to the receive portion.
12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the transmit and receive portions of the buffer are contiguous.
13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the buffer comprises a first-in, first-out buffer.
14. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising one or more processor cores to access data stored in the buffer.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the one or more processor cores are on a same integrated circuit die.
16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the one or more processor cores are processor cores of a symmetrical multiprocessor or an asymmetrical multiprocessor.
17. A storage device comprising instructions that when executed on a processor configure the processor to perform operations comprising:
monitoring, at a PMU, write requests to a transmit portion and a receive portion of a buffer;
adjusting, at a buffer manager, a size of the transmit portion and a size of the receive portion of the buffer based on a comparison of a threshold value, corresponding to one of the transmit portion or the receive portion, with a number of buffer full events, corresponding to a different one of the transmit portion or the receive portion, determined at the PMU, wherein the number of buffer full events corresponds to buffer full events of one of the transmit portion or the receive portion; and
determining the threshold value by multiplying a value of the buffer full events by a factor.
18. The storage device of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise resetting a transmit full counter corresponding to the transmit portion and a receive full counter corresponding to the receive portion if the transmit portion size and the receive portion size are adjusted.
19. A traffic management device comprising:
a switch fabric; and
an apparatus, coupled to the switch fabric, to store data communicated via the switch fabric, the apparatus comprising:
logic to monitor write requests to a transmit portion and a receive portion of a buffer; and
a buffer manager to adjust a size of the transmit portion and a size of the receive portion of the buffer based on a comparison of a threshold value, corresponding to one of the transmit portion or the receive portion, to a number of buffer full events, corresponding to a different one of the transmit portion or the receive portion, wherein the buffer manager is coupled to receive a signal from the logic indicating the threshold value is exceeded, wherein the number of buffer full events corresponds to buffer full events of one of the transmit portion or the receive portion and wherein the threshold value is to be determined by multiplying a value of the buffer full events by a factor.
20. The traffic management device of claim 19, wherein the switch fabric conforms to one or more of common switch interface (CSIX), advanced switching interconnect (ASI), Hyperlransport, Infiniband, peripheral component interconnect (PCI), Ethernet, Packet-Over-SONET (synchronous optical network), or Universal Test and Operations PHY (physical) Interface for ATM (UTOPIA).
21. The traffic management device of claim 19, further comprising a transmit full counter corresponding to the transmit portion and a receive full counter corresponding to the receive portion.