Patent ID: 8565105

Claim:
A method for communication, the method comprising: determining a length of an Ethernet link that communicatively couples a first Ethernet PHY of a first communication device to a first Ethernet PHY of a second communication device; disabling one or both of an echo cancellation module and a crosstalk cancellation module within said first Ethernet PHY of one or both of said first and second communication devices when said length of said Ethernet link is shorter than a predetermined length; reducing a range of an analog to digital converter within said first Ethernet PHY of one or both of said first and second communication devices when said length of said Ethernet link is shorter than said predetermined length; pre-cancelling interference anticipated to occur over said Ethernet link; configuring said Ethernet PHYs to communicate one or both of audio and video data over said Ethernet link based on a type, resolution, and/or sampling rate of said one or both of said audio and video data.