Microchip Technology Incorporated
AGGREGATION OF DATA FOR FRAMES OR DISAGGREGATION OF DATA FROM FRAMES

Abstract:

At least one example of the present disclosure includes an apparatus including a network-facing interface, multiple device-facing interfaces, and an aggregator/disaggregator. The aggregator/disaggregator may be arranged between the network-facing interface and the multiple device-facing interfaces. The aggregator/disaggregator may be configured to generate a plurality of control frames responsive to a received control frame. A respective one of the plurality of generated control frames may include an address of a respective one of multiple devices and a datum processed from data of the received control frame. Additionally or alternatively, the aggregator/disaggregator may be configured to generate a data frame responsive to a plurality of data frames received from the multiple devices. The generated data frame may include sense data comprising a respective sense datum processed from each of the plurality of received data frames. Related devices, systems and methods are disclosed.