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US 8,477,656 B2Granted
Discovery technique for physical media interface aggregation
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorBarry A. O'Mahony
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Abstract
Various discovery techniques are described for physical media interface aggregation.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a central office (CO) node, a capabilities list+request (CLR) message, from a customer premise equipment (CPE) node, the CLR message including an aggregation discovery code, the CPE including a remotely manipulated remote discovery code register, the CLR message including the contents of the CPE's remote discovery register, the contents of the CPE's remote discovery register indicating whether a physical media interface (PHY) of the CPE has been allocated to aggregation, the CO node being capable of issuing to the CPE node a capabilities list (CL) message;
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- comparing contents of the CPE's remote discovery register to the aggregation discovery code.
A method comprising:
- sending, at a customer premise equipment (CPE) node, a capabilities list+request (CLR) message, to a central office (CO) node, the CLR message including an aggregation discovery code, the CPE including a remotely manipulated remote discovery code register, the CLR message including the contents of the CPE's remote discovery register, the contents of the CPE's remote discovery register indicating whether a physical media interface (PHY) of the CPE has been allocated to aggregation;
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- receiving, by the CPE, a capabilities list (CL) message, from the CO node.
An apparatus comprising:
- a physical media interface (PHY);
- a remotely manipulated discovery code register;
- and
- logic to send a capabilities list+request (CLR) message, to a central office (CO) node, the CLR message including an aggregation discovery code, the CLR message including the contents of the remote discovery register, the contents of the remote discovery register indicating whether the PHY of the CPE has been allocated to aggregation and to receive a capabilities list (CL) message, from the CO node.
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