Abstract:
An interface device includes a first connector to connect to a port of a switch, where the switch sends data packets at a first rate and a second connector to connect to a port of a device, where the device sends data packets at a second rate slower than the first rate. A physical control layer connects to the first connector and the second connector to control a flow of data packets. The physical control layer throttles down the flow of data packets to the second connector when the data packets are travelling from the first connector to the second connector, and matches a speeds of the flow of data packets to the first connector when the data packets are travelling from the second connector to the first connector.
Abstract:
An interface device includes a first connector to connect to a port of a switch, where the switch sends data packets at a first rate and a second connector to connect to a port of a device, where the device sends data packets at a second rate slower than the first rate. A physical control layer connects to the first connector and the second connector to control a flow of data packets. The physical control layer throttles down the flow of data packets to the second connector when the data packets are travelling from the first connector to the second connector, and matches a speeds of the flow of data packets to the first connector when the data packets are travelling from the second connector to the first connector.
Abstract:
Disclosed are method and system for Ethernet media conversion supporting high-speed wireless access points. The method includes receiving at each of a plurality of input-side Ethernet modules in a media converter, a plurality of input data streams at a first data rate. In the media converter each of the plurality of input data streams may be aggregated into an output data stream at a second data rate. The output data stream may then be transmitted at the second data rate from an output-side Ethernet module in the media converter. Each of the input data streams may be received from an Ethernet switch, and the output data stream may be transmitted to a wireless access point. In one exemplary implementation, each of the input-side Ethernet modules may include a 1G PHY, while the output-side Ethernet module may include one or both of a 2.5G PHY and a 4G PHY.
Abstract:
Disclosed are method and system for Ethernet media conversion supporting high-speed wireless access points. The method includes receiving at each of a plurality of input-side Ethernet modules in a media converter, a plurality of input data streams at a first data rate. In the media converter each of the plurality of input data streams may be aggregated into an output data stream at a second data rate. The output data stream may then be transmitted at the second data rate from an output-side Ethernet module in the media converter. Each of the input data streams may be received from an Ethernet switch, and the output data stream may be transmitted to a wireless access point. In one exemplary implementation, each of the input-side Ethernet modules may include a 1 G PHY, while the output-side Ethernet module may include one or both of a 2.5 G PHY and a 4 G PHY.