Patent ID: 9112722
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating a transition between a link training mode and a data mode for a high-speed Ethernet link, comprising: transmitting training frames from a transmitter port of a first component to be received at a receiver port of a second component, the training frames being transmitted using Physical Media Attachment (PMA) framing logic and having the same length as PMA frames to be transmitted during a data mode following the training mode; receiving training frames transmitted from a transmitter port of the second component at a receiving port of the first component, the training frames that are received including receiver readiness status indicia identifying a readiness status of the receiver port of the second component to receive data, and countdown data; and employing the receiver readiness status indicia and the countdown data to facilitate the transition between the link training mode and the data mode.