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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Velu Chellam Pillai, Austin, TX (US);
Vivek Pundlik Telang, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/935 (2013.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); H04L 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/3054 (2013.01); H04L 12/4013 (2013.01); H04L 5/1446 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for multi-lane auto-negotiation over reduced-lane media. Auto-negotiation over an M-lane communication interface can be coordinated with the auto-negotiation over an N-lane communication interface, wherein M>N. A recursive-type auto-negotiation process would begin with the M-lane communication interface and be prevented from completing until the auto-negotiation process over the N-lane communication interface completes.