Patent ID: 7062177

Claim:
A module comprising: a first transmitter configured to transmit user data through a first physical channel of a connector; a first detector configured to receive a first status signal but not receive said user data through a second physical channel of said connector; a second transmitter configured to transmit an initialization pattern but not transmit said user data through a third physical channel of said connector; and a controller configured to (i) send said initialization pattern to said second transmitter and (ii) adjust a power of said first transmitter in response to said first status signal such that (a) said first transmitter is an off mode until said first status signal indicates that said initialization pattern has been seen at an opposite end of said third physical channel, (b) said first transmitter is in a low power mode until said first status signal indicates that said first transmitter can be seen at an opposite end of said first physical channel and (c) said first transmitter is in a normal power mode thereafter.