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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1998
Stewart Findlater, Mountain View, CA (US);
James R. Rivers, Saratoga, CA (US);
David H. Yen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Brian Petersen, San Jose, CA (US);
Stewart Findlater, Mountain View, CA (US);
James R. Rivers, Saratoga, CA (US);
David H. Yen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Brian Petersen, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for providing a method of communicating between a media access control (MAC) layer and a physical (PHY) layer. The method includes sending a 100 MHz time-division multiplexed signal on a receive data line and sending a time-division multiplexed receive control signal on a receive control line. A 100 MHz time-division multiplexed signal is sent on a transmit data line and a time-division multiplexed transmit control signal is sent on a transmit control line.