Patent · US Active

System and method for providing power savings in an access point via ethernet rate and interface shifting

US10375633B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Clark Carty · Brunswick, US
Daniel Christopher Duckworth · Berlin, DE
Mark F. Pleso · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 9, 2016
Grant date	Aug 6, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 8, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D30/70
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for managing bus channels between a physical layer and a media access channel layer of a network. The method includes determining a current rate of link speed on a media dependent interface side of a physical layer of a network architecture. When the current rate changes to yield a new link speed, the method includes determining a minimal (or near minimal) bus size required to implement the new link speed and switching to the minimal bus size between a physical coding sublayer of the physical layer and a reconciliation sublayer of a datalink layer of the network architecture. The method further includes switching to the minimal bus size between a physical coding sublayer of the physical layer and a reconciliation sublayer of a datalink layer of the network architecture.

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