System and method for providing an ethernet interface
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsMark A. Gustlin, Oded Trainin, Luca Della Chiesa
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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 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 comprising 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.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- n electrical communication channels;
- m optical communication media interfaces;
- and
- a plurality of muxes configured to:
- receive an information stream, the information stream carried over the n electrical communication channels and the m optical communication media interfaces;
- and
- transform the information stream from v virtual lanes, each virtual lane comprising 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 greater than m.
A method, comprising:
- receiving an information stream, the information stream carried over n electrical communication channels and m optical communication media interfaces;
- and
- transforming the information stream from v virtual lanes, each virtual lane comprising 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 greater than m.
A system, comprising:
- a receiver for receiving an information stream, the information stream carried over n electrical communication channels and m optical communication media interfaces;
- and
- one or more muxes for transforming the information stream from v virtual lanes, each virtual lane comprising 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 greater than m.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.