Receiving data from interleaved multiple concurrent transactions in a fifo memory

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A FIFO memory (100) receives data transfer requests before data is stored in the FIFO memory. Multiple concurrent data transfers delivered to the FIFO , memory as interleaved multiple concurrent transactions can be accommodated by , the FIFO memory (i.e. multiplexing between different sources that transmit in distributed bursts). The transfer length (130 132, 134) requirements , associated with the ongoing data transfers are tracked along with the total , available space in the FIFO memory. A programmable buffer zone also can be included in the FIFO memory for additional overflow protection and/or to enable dynamic sizing of FIFO depth.