VIRTUALIZED PHYSICAL LAYER ADAPTED FOR EHF CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATION
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Abstract
A Physical Layer (PHY) of a host system of an electronic device may be implemented as a contactless PHY (cPHY) for extremely high frequency (EHF) contactless communication and the operation of EHF transmitters (TX), receivers (RX) and transceivers (EHF-XCVR) in an extremely high frequency integrated circuit (EHF IC) of the electronic device. The Host-cPHY translates logical communications requests from the Link Layer (LINK) into hardware-specific operations to affect transmission or reception of signals over an EHF contactless link. The Link Layer (LINK) may also be optimized as a contactless Link Layer (cLINK) for EHF contactless communication. A virtualized contactless Physical Layer (VcPHY) may comprise a contactless Physical Layer (Host-cPHY), and a contactless Link Layer (cLINK) for coupling a conventional Link Layer (LINK) with the contactless Physical Layer (Host-cPHY). Multiple data streams may be transported over the EHF contactless link over a range of frequencies.
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52 Claims
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27. A first device for use in contactlessly communicating with a second device, the first device comprising:
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a plurality of Standards-based Data Link Layers (LINKs); a first virtualized contactless link-based Physical Layer (VcPHY); a switch operative to route data streams between the plurality of LINKs and the first VcPHY such that the first VcPHY simultaneously supports data streams associated with each of the plurality of LINKs. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A first device for use in contactlessly communicating with a second device, the first device comprising:
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a plurality of Standards-based Data Link Layer (LINKs); a plurality of virtualized contactless link-based Physical Layer (VcPHYs); a switch operative to route data streams between the plurality of LINKs and the plurality of VcPHYs without functionally modifying stream data and control/management data originating from each of the plurality of LINKs. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A first device for use in contactlessly communicating with a second device, the first device comprising:
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a first Standards-based Data Link Layer (LINK) that operates according to a Standards'"'"' specification; a translation layer coupled to the LINK; a contactless Link Layer (cLINK) coupled to the translation layer; a contactless Physical layer (Host-cPHY) coupled to the cLINK; and a contactless EHF IC coupled to the Host-cPHY and comprising at least one transceiver (EHF-XCVR) for contactlessly communicating with the second device, wherein the translation layer translates a data stream received from the first LINK such that the data stream operates according to specifications that enables the cLINK and the Host-cPHY to send the data stream to the second device via the EHF contactless EHF IC. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A first device for use in contactlessly communicating with a second device, the first device comprising:
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a Standards-based Data Link Layer (LINK); a plurality of virtualized contactless link-based Physical Layer (VcPHYs); and a switch operative to route a data stream between the LINK and the plurality of VcPHYs such that at least two of the plurality of VcPHYs collectively support a bandwidth associated with the LINK. - View Dependent Claims (52)
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