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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2003
Applicant:
Avi Costo, Haifa, IL;
Inventor:
Avi Costo, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to some embodiments, a Gigabit Ethernet link is maintained with a link partner using less than four channels. Embodiments may also establish the Gigabit Ethernet link using four channels, determine that the link is idle, and terminate communication with the link partner over at least one of the four channels.