Patent ID: 8345673
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04Q,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a media access controller comprising a media access core; and a physical-layer device comprising wherein the magic packet circuit is configured to (i) determine whether the first data includes a magic packet by comparing a pattern of the first data with a predetermined pattern of the magic packet, (ii) generate the magic packet signal when the first data has the predetermined pattern, and (iii) ignore packets received by the physical-layer input circuit that do not include the magic packet to prevent generating the magic packet signal, wherein the predetermined pattern includes a destination media access controller address, wherein the magic packet circuit is configured to generate the magic packet signal when (i) an address of the first data is the destination media access controller address, and (ii) the destination media access controller address is an address of the media access controller, and wherein the media access controller is connected between the physical-layer device and a computer, and wherein packets of the first data are transmitted from the media access controller to the computer.