Patent ID: 9515817
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H04J,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving data at a physical coding sublayer (PCS) from a media access control (MAC) sublayer, wherein the MAC sublayer utilizes a first clock domain operating at a first clock frequency; performing one or more functions in the PCS on the data in the first clock domain; after performing one or more functions in the PCS, transmitting the data on one or more physical medium attachment (PMA) lanes coupled to the PCS, wherein the one or more PMA lanes utilize a second clock domain operating at a second clock frequency, wherein the first clock frequency and the second clock frequency have a fixed ratio, wherein the fixed ratio between the first clock frequency and the second clock frequency is 32:33, and wherein the data is transmitted from the first clock domain to the second clock domain without buffering the data; and performing one or more functions in the PCS on the data in the second clock domain.