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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2008
Applicants:

Wael William Diab, San Francisco, CA (US);

Howard Baumer, Laguna Hills, CA (US);

Inventors:

Wael William Diab, San Francisco, CA (US);

Howard Baumer, Laguna Hills, CA (US);

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for using sequence ordered sets for energy efficient Ethernet communication. Sequence ordered sets can be generated by a first device for communication of parameter(s) to a second device, which parameters can be used in implementing an energy efficient Ethernet control policy. Sequence ordered sets can be used in communication between physical layer devices, or between a physical layer device and a media access control device. In one example, the sequence ordered set can identify a point at which a rate transition is to occur.


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