Ethernet device and method for applying back pressure
US6370115B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 9, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 9, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/26
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An Ethernet device and the method for applying back pressure within an Ethernet communication network comprising the steps of asserting a back pressure pin of a media access control unit associated with a network communications port of an Ethernet device. In response to asserting the back pressure pin, only the back pressure continuous preamble of a packet is transmitted without a start-of-frame delimiter onto the network.
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