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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2008
Wael William Diab, San Francisco, CA (US);
Howard Frazier, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Wael William Diab, San Francisco, CA (US);
Howard Frazier, Pleasanton, CA (US);
BROADCOM CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of a method and system for a distinct physical pattern on an active channel to indicate a data rate transition for energy efficient Ethernet. In this regard, one or more distinct physical patterns may be transmitted on one or more active channels of a network link during an inter-packet gap to control a data rate on the link. The unique physical pattern may be transmitted instead of or in addition to one or more IDLE symbols. The distinct physical pattern may communicate a data rate to be utilized on the link and/or indicate when a data rate transition should occur on the link. The distinct pattern may be transmitted and/or the data rate transition may occur during a specified inter-packet gap or during a specified packet boundary. The distinct physical pattern may comprise one or more control characters and/or an ordered set of voltage levels, symbols, and/or characters.