Patent ID: 8861529
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of adjusting a transmission rate when transmitting a packet stream from an Ethernet apparatus to a remote Ethernet apparatus, the method comprising: determining, by the Ethernet apparatus, a transmission rate of the packet stream; setting, by the Ethernet apparatus, the number of lanes to transmit the packet stream according to the determined transmission rate; converting, by the Ethernet apparatus, a state of at least one lane to an activation state in which a packet can be transmitted according to the set number; distributing packets that are included in the packet stream to lanes in the activation state; inserting a marking packet that indicates an alignment order between lanes between packets that are distributed to each lane in the activation state, the marking packet including a bit value corresponding to the lane in which it is sent; and transmitting packets between which the marking packet is inserted to the remote Ethernet apparatus through a corresponding lane, wherein consecutive marking packets transmitted in the same lane have different values from one another, the different values extending a time period for alignment.