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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2011
System and method for exchanging channel, physical layer and data layer information and capabilities
Wael William Diab, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicholas Ilyadis, Merrimack, NH (US);
Sesha Thalpasai Panguluri, Cupertino, CA (US);
Wael William Diab, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicholas Ilyadis, Merrimack, NH (US);
Sesha Thalpasai Panguluri, Cupertino, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for exchanging channel, physical layer and data layer information and capabilities. Diagnostic capabilities can vary significantly between physical layer devices, thereby resulting in a disparity of the diagnostic capabilities on the two ends of a network link. An exchange of diagnostic capabilities between physical layer devices enables a comparison of differences in diagnostic capabilities. Such a comparison enables the identification of the appropriate source of diagnostic information.