Patent ID: 7555574
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A switch having one or more switching modules that are capable of maintaining data throughput, comprising: one or more ports for receiving a plurality of inbound packets and for transmitting a plurality of outbound packets; a physical layer device coupled to the one or more ports for receiving the plurality of inbound packets; a media independent interface coupled to the physical layer device for receiving the plurality of inbound packets from the physical layer device; a media access controller coupled to the media independent interface for receiving the output of the media independent interface and for processing the output of the media independent interface to increase bit width, wherein the media access controller comprises: the packet switching controller coupled to the media access controller for receiving the increased bit width data from the media access controller and for transmitting the increased bit width data; wherein the receive function element further comprises a logic block coupled to the third gate element block for generating statistics, performing data alignment, and performing cyclical redundancy checks on data output by the third gate element block.