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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2002
Applicants:
Shrjie Tzeng, Fremont, CA (US);
Yi-hsien Hao, Saratoga, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shrjie Tzeng, Fremont, CA (US);
Yi-Hsien Hao, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for communicating data between network devices is disclosed. A transmission signal is sent over a port of one of the network devices, where the port is in communication with other network devices of the network devices. A data frame is also sent over the port. The transmission signal and the data frame are sent for a fixed byte time period and at least one idle pattern is included with the data frame when a time required to send all data present is less than the fixed byte time period.