Patent ID: 9054823
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G06F,H04J

Abstract:
1. A networking device comprising: a plurality of network ports, wherein each network port of the plurality of network ports is configured to receive a respective signal waveform over a respective physical medium, wherein a selected network port of the plurality of network ports is configured to recover a clock signal from the respective signal waveform received by the selected network port, wherein the clock signal is an oscillating waveform, and wherein each of the plurality of network ports is configured to be selectable as the selected network port; and a clock synchronizer configured to generate a transmit clock signal in response to the clock signal recovered by the selected network port, wherein the transmit clock signal is an oscillating waveform, wherein the selected network port is configured to transmit data over the respective physical medium according to a local clock signal generated by a clock signal generator local to the networking device, wherein the local clock signal is an oscillating waveform, and wherein each network port of the plurality of network ports other than the selected network port is configured to transmit data over the respective physical medium according to the transmit clock signal generated by the clock synchronizer.