Patent ID: 11923978
Assignee: MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. The method of operating the first multi-port transceiver of claim 10, wherein:
receiving the second data stream via the first communication interface comprises receiving the second data stream at M times the first data rate, wherein M is a positive integer greater than one;
transmitting the sixth data stream via the first communication interface comprises transmitting the sixth data stream at M times the first data rate;
interleaving the plurality of first data streams and the second data stream comprises interleaving i) N first data streams, wherein N is a positive integer greater than one, and ii) the second data stream received via the first communication interface, to generate a third data stream to be transmitted via the second communication interface at N+M times the first data rate; and
deinterleaving the fourth data stream into the plurality of fifth data streams and the sixth data stream comprises deinterleaving the fourth data stream into i) N fifth data streams, and ii) the sixth data stream.