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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2006
Algernon P. Henry, Breinigsville, PA (US);
Shaun P. Whalen, Wescosville, PA (US);
Harold J. Wilson, Center Valley, PA (US);
Algernon P. Henry, Breinigsville, PA (US);
Shaun P. Whalen, Wescosville, PA (US);
Harold J. Wilson, Center Valley, PA (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A packet, cell or other data segment received in a physical layer device from a link layer device via an interface bus is processed to determine a port address for the data segment in the physical layer device. The port address, which may be an MPHY address, is determined using a combination of a first address value obtained from a link layer address portion of the data segment and a second address value obtained from a payload portion of the data segment. The data segment is stored in a memory location identified by the port address. The memory location may comprise a particular queue of the physical layer device.