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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ali Ghiasi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
BROADCOM CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/861 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/9057 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for data flow identification and alignment in a 40/100 gigabit Ethernet gearbox. Virtual lane (VL) identifiers can be identified to create an effective wiring diagram for data flows. This wiring diagram enables a multiplexer or de-multiplexer to align the VL identifiers to match physical lane identifiers.