Physical layer device with dual medium access controller path
US9001846B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 28, 2009 |
| Grant date | Apr 7, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2209/60
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
According to one example embodiment, an apparatus may include a media-side physical layer (PHY) block configured to receive a received signal via at least one medium, decode the received signal into data, and send the data to a media-side medium access control (MAC) block, the media-side MAC block configured to receive the data from the media-side PHY layer block, determine a time of receipt of the data, prevent a system-side MAC block from forwarding the data until a predetermined delay after the time of receipt, perform MAC functions on the data, and send the data to the system-side MAC block, the system-side MAC block configured to receive the data and the control time from the media-side MAC block and send the data to a system-side PHY block after the predetermined delay based on signals received from the media-side MAC block, and the system-side PHY block configured to receive the data from the system-side MAC block, encode the data into a transmitted signal, and transmit the transmitted signal to a computing system.
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