Invention Grant
US08392637B2 System and method for enabling legacy medium access control to do energy efficent ethernet
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使传统媒体访问控制能够实现能效以太网的系统和方法
- Patent Title: System and method for enabling legacy medium access control to do energy efficent ethernet
- Patent Title (中): 使传统媒体访问控制能够实现能效以太网的系统和方法
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Application No.: US12407911Application Date: 2009-03-20
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Publication No.: US08392637B2Publication Date: 2013-03-05
- Inventor: Wael William Diab , Howard Frazier
- Applicant: Wael William Diab , Howard Frazier
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
- Current Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agent Duane S. Kobayashi
- Main IPC: G06F3/00
- IPC: G06F3/00
Abstract:
A system and method for enabling legacy media access control (MAC) to do energy efficient Ethernet (EEE). A backpressure mechanism is included in an EEE enhanced PHY that is responsive to a detected need to transition between various power modes of the EEE enhanced PHY. Through the backpressure mechanism, the EEE enhanced PHY can indicate to the legacy MAC that transmission of data is to be deferred due to a power savings initiative in the EEE enhanced PHY.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100023658A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING LEGACY MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL TO DO ENERGY EFFICENT ETHERNET Public/Granted day:2010-01-28
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