A method for matching an upper protocol layer to a high speed serial bus is provided.
The method includes the steps of (a) determining whether the length of the data
packet transferred from an upper layer to a node of the high speed serial bus is
no less than a predetermined length, (b) allocating a channel of the bus and transferring
data by an isochronous transfer service when it is determined that the length of
the data packet is no less than the predetermined length, and (c) transferring
data by an asynchronous transfer service when it is determined that the length
of the data packet is less than the predetermined length. According to the above
method, it is possible to match an existing communications application where it
is not specified which service of the high speed serial bus is to be used to the
high speed serial bus, while maintaining transparency of communication protocol
and to effectively use the channel resources of the bus.