Patents Represented by Attorney Janus T. Hagler
  • Patent number: 7949782
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for utilizing the Inter Packet Gaps (IPGs) to create an Extended Link Monitoring Channel in a physical layer transceiver for a 10 Gb/s Ethernet link for communicating link related information, thus providing an extensive link maintenance capability. A corresponding 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 the Extended Link Monitoring Channel is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Petre Popescu, Daniel Pierre Trepanier, Stanislas Wolski, Niraj Rajendra Mathur