Patent ID: 7492783
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a port bypass controller, the method comprising: receiving a data stream at a receive port Rx(n) of a port bypass controller, where n is an integer indexing a port in said port bypass controller; suppressing LIPf8 primitives in said received data stream at said receive port Rx(n); inserting LIPf7 primitives in place of at least a portion of said suppressed LIPf8 primitives; determining an operating mode of said port Rx(n), if at least three (3) consecutive LIPf8 primitives are received at said receive port Rx(n); and inserting a plurality of IDLES in said received data stream if said operating mode of said port Rx(n) is a reference clock switched first mode.