Marvell Asia Pte., Ltd.

Marvell International Limited

Marvellworld Trade Ltd.

Shaoan Dai

Xing Wu

Kok-Wui Cheong

Zhenzhong Gu

Junqing Phil Sun

Wensheng Sun

Wanfeng Zhang

Dance Wu

Jianqing Lin

Jiancheng Zhang

Hon Wai Fung

Liang Zhu

William Chu

Meng Zeng

Mats Oberg

Runsheng He

Ramin Farjadrad

Junyi Xu

Wyant Chan

Jian-Hung Lin

Yuansheng Jin

Systems and methods for using a physical layer transceiver (PHY) of an automobile to avoid data signal collision on a high noise or interference automotive multi-drop communication link are provided. A signal is received at a first PHY via a multi-drop communication link in a high noise or interference automotive environment. The received signal is separated into a first spectral component corresponding to a first logic level and into a second spectral component corresponding to a second logic level. Based on analysis of the first and second spectral components, respectively, a determination is made as to whether a second PHY device is concurrently transmitting data on the link, by determining whether both the first and second logic levels are detected in the first and second spectral components within a threshold period of time of one another. The first PHY device is permitted to transmit, or prevented from transmitting, data via the link based on whether the second PHY device is transmitting data on the link.

Physical layer transceiver with collision avoidance in high noise and interference environment

An Ethernet Physical Layer (PHY) device includes a link interface and a transceiver. The link interface is configured to connect to a full-duplex wired Ethernet link. The transceiver is configured to receive first Ethernet signals carrying first data at a first data rate over the Ethernet link in a first direction, the first Ethernet signals occupying a first frequency band, and to transmit second Ethernet signals carrying second data at a second data rate different from the first data rate, over the Ethernet link in a second direction that is opposite the first direction, the second Ethernet signals occupying a second frequency band that is different from the first frequency band.

Automotive asymmetric ethernet using frequency-division duplex

Methods and systems provide for using echo measurements, to detect cable faults in cables of vehicular communication networks.

Automotive physical layer (PHY) cable fault diagnosis

Methods and systems are provided for fault diagnosis in a vehicular communication network. The methods and systems utilize a trained neural network model which is downloaded to a local computer associated with the vehicular communication network of a given vehicle and which applies inputs from the given vehicle to output maintenance recommendations for the given vehicle.

Self-diagnosis for in-vehicle networks

Methods, PHYs, and computer-readable media are provided for reliably receiving data at a physical layer transceiver of an automobile in the presence of noise or interference. A non-equalized signal is received at a physical layer transceiver via a communication channel in a high noise or interference automotive environment. The non-equalized signal is prepared for extraction of data by performing one or more of the following: improving a signal-to-noise ratio of the non-equalized signal by using two or more parallel matching filters to correlate the non-equalized signal with two or more signal templates to detect the presence of logic low signal patterns and logic high signal patterns in the non-equalized signal; reducing jitter in the non-equalized signal by tracking a phase of the non-equalized signal using a digital timing loop; compensating for noise or interference distortion in the non-equalized signal by selecting a decision sample defined by a plurality of peaks, the selecting performed based on tracking peaks in the non-equalized signal; searching the non-equalized signal for a preamble before initiating a process of receiving payload data, to reduce false data reception caused by noise or interference; and extracting data from the prepared non-equalized signal.

Physical layer transceiver with increased noise and interference tolerance and reduced loss

A receiver includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a signal including symbols carrying bit values in respective symbol intervals, and to convert the received signal into a serial sequence of digital samples, the received signal being modulated using a Differential Manchester Encoding (DME) scheme that (i) represents a first bit value by a first symbol type having a level transition in the corresponding symbol interval and (ii) represents a second bit value by a second symbol type having a constant level in the corresponding symbol interval. The processor is configured to derive an error signal from the digital samples, and to produce a quality measure of the received signal based on the derived error signal.

Measuring reception quality of a Differential Manchester Encoded signal

An Ethernet Physical Layer (PHY) device includes a link interface and a transceiver. The link interface connects to a full-duplex wired Ethernet link. The transceiver receives first Ethernet signals carrying first data at a first data rate over toe Ethernet link at a first baud rate, transmits second Ethernet signals carrying second data at a second data rate higher than the first data rate, over the Ethernet link, at a second baud rate that is higher than the first baud rate, resamples a reference signal related to the second Ethernet signals to match the first baud rate, generates from the resampled reference signal, at the first baud rate, an echo cancelation signal indicative of an echo signal originating from the second Ethernet signals and interfering with reception of the first Ethernet signals, and suppresses the echo signal from the first Ethernet signals using the echo cancelation signal.

Automotive asymmetric ethernet using a frequency-division duplex scheme with a low-rate echo cancelation

A second device receives a first synchronization signal transmitted by a first device for training synchronization between the second device and the first device. The second device then transmits one or more initial synchronization response signals to the first device. The one or more initial synchronization response signals are from among a fixed number of synchronization response signals that the second device is configured to transmit to the first device. After transmission of the one or more initial synchronization response signals, the second device receives a second synchronization signal from the first device. After receiving the second synchronization signal, the second device continues transmission of synchronization response signals to the first device until the fixed number of synchronization response signals are transmitted from the second device to the first device.

Robust link synchronization in ethernet networks

An Ethernet physical layer (PHY) transceiver includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter is configured to precode a first data stream by summing two or more mutually-delayed replicas of the first data stream, and to transmit the precoded first data stream over a full-duplex wired channel to a peer Ethernet PHY transceiver. The receiver is configured to receive a second data stream from the peer Ethernet PHY transceiver over the full-duplex wired channel, and to decode the received second data stream while the transmitter concurrently is transmitting the precoded first data stream.

Preceding for asymmetric two-way ethernet physical layer

Data symbols in an input signal are detected with a slicer of a DFE of a transceiver device. An output of a feedback filter of the DFE is generated, during a particular clock cycle, based on a first set of one or more data symbols detected during first one or more previous clock cycles and a second set of one or more data symbols detected during second one or more previous clock cycles. The second set is separated from the first set by a third set of one or more data symbols detected during third one or more clock cycles that occur after the first one or more clock cycles and before the second one or more clock cycles, where the output is generated without use of the third set of symbols. The output is subtracted from the input signal to generate an equalized input to the slicer.

Interference mitigation in high speed ethernet communication networks

Embodiments described herein provide a method for waking a first node in a low power mode. A network comprises at least the first node and a second node in an awake mode where the first and second nodes have respective transceivers coupled via substantially fixed communication pathways. The transceiver of the second node obtains a training signal designed to be transmitted at a pre-defined symbol rate and transmits the training signal at a symbol rate lower than the pre-defined symbol rate to the physical layer of the first node for a predetermined duration of time. The second node, in response to receiving the training signal transitions from the low power mode to an awake state.

Systems and methods for waking a network interface device in a low power mode

A method of synchronizing master and slave nodes on a high-speed Ethernet connection includes sending a first plurality of synchronization pulse units from the master, receiving at the master a second plurality of synchronization pulse units sent by the slave in response to receipt of the first plurality of synchronization pulse units, monitoring at the master for receipt of a first synchronization pulse unit from the second plurality, having a predetermined characteristic, monitoring at the master for receipt of at least one further synchronization pulse unit, from the second plurality, having the predetermined characteristic, and recognizing receipt of the second plurality upon receipt of the first and at least one further synchronization pulse unit having the predetermined characteristic, where the first synchronization pulse unit and the at least one further synchronization pulse unit meet either a first temporal spacing condition or an integer multiple of the first temporal spacing condition.

Synchronization signal detection for high-speed ethernet connections

Systems are provided for cable length measurement in a communication system. The systems include a transmitter, a receiver, a signal sampler and a cable length calculation unit. The transmitter is configured to transmit a plurality of data symbols at a first data rate via a wired data communication link, and the receiver is configured to receive a reflection signal. The signal sampler is configured to sample the received reflection signal using a phase shift number of shifting sampling phases to generate reflection samples, and combine the reflection samples with different sampling phases to generate a series of reflection samples corresponding to a second data rate higher than the first data rate. The cable length calculation unit is configured to determine a delay parameter from the series of reflection samples, and generate an estimate of a length of the data communication link.

Systems and methods for high precision cable length measurement in a communication system

Embodiments described herein provide echo cancellation power saving management at a cable transceiver. An echo response signal having a first number of signal components is obtained, via an echo cancellation filter. At a first iteration for calculating a first accumulative echo power, a respective echo tap that corresponds to the first iteration is identified. The first accumulative echo power is calculated for the respective iteration by summing powers of outputs from a last echo tap to the respective echo tap. It is then determined whether the first accumulative echo power, exceeds a pre-determined echo power threshold. If the first accumulative echo power exceeds the pre-determined echo power threshold, a first turn-off indication is sent to the echo cancellation filter to turn off all echo taps including and between the last echo tap to the first echo tap.

Systems and methods for echo or interference cancellation power-saving management in a communication system

The systems include a transmitter, a receiver, a signal sampler and a cable length calculation unit. The transmitter is configured to transmit a plurality of data symbols at a first data rate via a wired data communication link, and the receiver is configured to receive a reflection signal. The signal sampler is configured to sample the received reflection signal using a phase shift number of shifting sampling phases to generate reflection samples, and combine the reflection samples with different sampling phases to generate a series of reflection samples corresponding to a second data rate higher than the first data rate. The cable length calculation unit is configured to determine a delay parameter from the series of reflection samples, and generate an estimate of a length of the data communication link.

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