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Extended link monitoring channel for 10 Gb/s Ethernet

  • US 20050102419A1
  • Filed: 11/06/2003
  • Published: 05/12/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A transceiver between an Ethernet media access control (MAC) layer device and a 10 Gb/s Ethernet link, comprising a physical coding sublayer (PCS) extension circuit for implementing an extended link monitoring channel for said link for communicating link related information during idle periods between user data packets.

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