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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:
Sep. 16, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2012
Applicant:

Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;

Inventors:

William Lo, Cupertino, CA (US);

Ozdal Barkan, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/50 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2013.01); H04L 29/08099 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01);
Abstract

A network device including a physical layer device and a media access controller. The physical layer device includes a first interface, and is configured to receive packets including a first packet and a second packet. The media access controller includes a second interface connected to the first interface of the physical layer device. The physical layer device is configured to: in response to the first packet, generate a power signal; transition at least one of the first interface and the second interface from being powered OFF to being powered ON; and output the power signal to the media access controller. The media access controller is configured to: receive the power signal; in response to the power signal, transition from being powered OFF to being powered ON; and subsequent to being powered ON, receive the second packet from the physical layer device via the first interface and the second interface.


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