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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2003
Petre Popescu, Ottawa, CA;
Daniel Pierre Trepanier, Ottawa, CA;
Stanislas Wolski, Ottawa, CA;
Niraj Rajendra Mathur, Ottawa, CA;
Petre Popescu, Ottawa, CA;
Daniel Pierre Trepanier, Ottawa, CA;
Stanislas Wolski, Ottawa, CA;
Niraj Rajendra Mathur, Ottawa, CA;
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a method for utilizing the Inter Packet Gaps (IPGs) to create an Extended Link Monitoring Channel in a physical layer transceiver for a 10 Gb/s Ethernet link for communicating link related information, thus providing an extensive link maintenance capability. A corresponding transceiver between an Ethernet media access control (MAC) layer device and a 10 Gb/s Ethernet link, comprising a physical coding sublayer (PCS) extension circuit for implementing the Extended Link Monitoring Channel is also provided.