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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wael William Diab, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin Clyde Brown, Long Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0823 (2013.01); H04L 12/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/0833 (2013.01); Y02B 60/43 (2013.01); Y02B 60/33 (2013.01); Y02B 60/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for multi-pair configuration over existing cabling infrastructure. In one embodiment, a network device is configured through a selective activation of one or more physical layer devices that are coupled to a respective one or more of the conductor pairs that are identified in a diagnostic process. Aggregation can be performed on the data streams carried over the activated conductor pairs.