Interface between a link layer device and one or more physical layer devices
US6850523B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 18, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/322
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A bus interface for exchanging packets within a communication system between a single data link layer and a physical layer device which includes a link transmit interface on the link layer device, a PHY transmit interface on the physical layer devices electrically coupled to the link transmit interface, a link receive interface on the link layer device and a PHY receive interface on said physical layer device electrically coupled to the link receive interface, wherein data is transmitted from the link transmit interface to the PHY transmit interface and from the PHY receive interface to the link receive interface in packets of variable length in a word based format wherein each word has at least 1 byte.
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