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US 10,374,897 B2Granted
Technologies for autonegotiating 10G and 1G serial communications over copper cable
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsKent C. Lusted, Adee O. Ran
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AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsKent C. Lusted, Adee O. Ran
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Technologies for autonegotiation of communications operational modes over copper cable include a network port logic having a communication link coupled to a remote link partner. The network port logic may start an autonegotiation protocol upon reset, when the link is broken, or upon manual renegotiation. The network port logic transmits an autonegotiation page to the remote link partner that indicates single-lane communications ability over copper cable. The network port logic receives an autonegotiation page from the link partner indicating single-lane communications ability over copper cable. If the network port logic and link partner have a common single-lane communication ability, the link may be activated. The autonegotiation pages may be base pages or next pages. The single-lane communication ability may be indicated by one or more bits of the autonegotation pages. The link may be established at 1 gigabit or 10 gigabits per second. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
A network interface circuit for link technology autonegotiation, the network interface circuit comprising:
A method for link technology autonegotiation, the method comprising:
One or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed cause a computing device to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.