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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2010
Lawrence D. Davis, Petaluma, CA (US);
Glen Kramer, Petaluma, CA (US);
Jaroslaw Wojtowicz, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Ryan E. Hirth, Windsor, CA (US);
Edward W. Boyd, Petaluma, CA (US);
Lawrence D. Davis, Petaluma, CA (US);
Glen Kramer, Petaluma, CA (US);
Jaroslaw Wojtowicz, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Ryan E. Hirth, Windsor, CA (US);
Edward W. Boyd, Petaluma, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment provides a media access control (MAC) module facilitating operations of an Ethernet passive optical network (EPON). The MAC module includes a frame formatter configured to generate a MAC control frame. The generated MAC control frame includes at least one of: an organizationally unique identifier (OUI) field, an OUI-specific operation code (opcode) field, and a number of fields associated with the OUI-specific opcode. Transmission of the MAC control frame facilitates realization of an EPON function based on the fields associated with the OUI-specific opcode.