公开(公告)号：US20150172074A1

公开(公告)日：2015-06-18

申请号：US14634154

申请日：2015-02-27

Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION

Inventor： Scott POWELL ,  Mark BERMAN ,  Joseph Laurence CORDARO ,  Manolito CATALASAN

IPC: H04L12/413

CPC classification number: H04L12/413 ,  H04L12/66

Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for utilizing a 10/100/1 G/10 GBase-T PHY device for single channel and shared channel networks are provided. In this regard, at least one switching element may be utilized to configure an Ethernet over twisted pair PHY device for communication over a single and/or shared channel. The switching element may enable switching between a transmitter being coupled to a shared channel and a receiver being coupled to a shared channel. Additionally, the switching elements may be based on whether the transmitter is connected to a standard 10/100/1 G/10 GBase-T network, or to a single and/or shared channel network, for example. In this manner, the configured PHY device may remain compatible with existing Ethernet networks. The PHY device may be configured externally and/or internally. The polarity of transmitted and/or received data may be configured based on a polarity of data received from a shared channel.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于单通道和共享信道网络使用10/100/1 G / 10 GBase-T PHY设备的方法和系统。 在这方面，可以使用至少一个开关元件来配置用于通过单个和/或共享信道进行通信的双绞线以太网PHY设备。 开关元件可以实现耦合到共享信道的发射机与耦合到共享信道的接收机之间的切换。 此外，开关元件可以基于发射机是否连接到例如标准10/100/1 G / 10 GBase-T网络，或者连接到单个和/或共享信道网络。 以这种方式，配置的PHY设备可以保持与现有以太网的兼容。 PHY设备可以在外部和/或内部配置。 可以基于从共享信道接收的数据的极性来配置发送和/或接收数据的极性。