Closed loop method and apparatus for throttling the transmit rate of an ethernet media access controller
US7417949B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 19, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D30/50
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for MAC-PHY rate matching combines carrier sense signal and rate matching techniques to implement close loop rate matching. An adapter entity responds to each carrier sense deferral to throttle the MAC until rate matching is achieved.
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