Cisco Systems, Inc.
System and method for providing an ethernet interface
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Abstract:
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes n electrical communication channels, m optical communication media interfaces, and a plurality of muxes. The plurality of muxes are configured to receive an information stream. The information stream is carried over the n electrical communication channels and the m optical communication media interfaces. The plurality of muxes are further configured to transform the information stream from v virtual lanes. Each virtual lane includes a plurality of data blocks from the information stream and an alignment block, wherein v is a positive integer multiple of the least common multiple of m and n, v is greater than n, and n is equal to m.
Status:
Grant
Type:
Utility
Filling date:
23 Jul 2020
Issue date:
20 Sep 2022