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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2012
Applicants:
Wael William Diab, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott Powell, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Howard Baumer, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wael William Diab, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott Powell, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Howard Baumer, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for energy savings on a PHY/MAC interface for energy efficient Ethernet. Power savings for a PHY due to low-link utilization can also be realized in the higher layer elements that interface with the PHY. In one embodiment, subrating is implemented on a MAC/PHY interface to match a subrating of the PHY with a remote link partner. This subrating is less than the full capacity rate and can be zero.