Patent ID: 6842481
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: H04B,H04J,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting a data packet received by a repeater from a transmitting network node on a corresponding repeater port, the method comprising: identifying one of a plurality of repeater ports serving a destination network node based on a destination address in the data packet; transmitting the data packet on the one repeater port serving the destination network node by concurrently asserting a transmit enable signal on a corresponding media independent interface; corrupting transmission of the data packet on other repeater ports by concurrently asserting a transmit error signal and deasserting the transmit enable signal on the media independent interfaces corresponding to the other repeater ports; receiving by a physical layer transmitter the transmit data, the deasserted transmit enable signal, and the asserted transmit error signal from at least one of the media independent interfaces corresponding to at least one of the other repeater ports; and selectively transmitting a prescribed data pattern as corrupted transmit data from the physical layer transmitter to at least one of the network nodes corresponding to the at least one of the other repeater ports based on the received transmit data, the deasserted transmit enable signal, and the asserted transmit error signal.