Communication system, communication method, and mac circuit
AssigneeRealtek Semiconductor Corp.
InventorNai-Chang Kuo
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Abstract
A communication system includes a medium access control circuit and at least one physical layer circuit. The at least one physical layer circuit is coupled to the medium access control circuit. The medium access control circuit sends a control command to the at least one physical layer circuit via a SERDES interface. In response to the control command, the at least one physical layer circuit sends physical layer data to the medium access control circuit via the SERDES interface.
Claims18
A communication system, comprising:
- a medium access control (MAC) circuit;
- and
- at least one of physical layer circuit coupled to the MAC circuit,
- wherein the MAC circuit sends a control command to the at least one of physical layer circuit via a SERDES interface,
- wherein in response to the control command, the at least one of physical layer circuit sends back physical layer data to the MAC circuit via the SERDES interface.
A communication method, comprising:
- sending a control command to at least one of physical layer circuit via a SERDES interface by a MAC circuit;
- and
- in response to the control command, sending back physical layer data to the MAC circuit via the SERDES interface by at least one of physical layer circuit.
A MAC circuit coupled to at least one of physical layer circuit, wherein the MAC circuit is configured to send a control command to the at least one of physical layer circuit via a SERDES interface, wherein in response to the control command, the MAC circuit receives physical layer data from the at least one of physical layer circuit via the SERDES interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.