Method and apparatus for distributing and receiving high-speed ethernet media independent interface blocks

An apparatus for distributing high-speed Ethernet Media Independent Interface (MII) blocks, comprising:

• a block unit, configured to process received Media Access Control (MAC) layer data and adjust distribution of at least one type of control characters to generate a first 64-bit block and adjust distribution of at least one type of control characters to generate a second 64-bit block;
• a control signal generating unit, configured to obtain a first control signal code corresponding to the first 64-bit block generated by the block unit and obtain a second control signal code corresponding to the second 64-bit block generated by the block unit;
• and
• a channel distributing unit, configured to:
• read the first 64-bit block in the block unit, read the first control signal code in the control signal generating unit, bind the first 64-bit block and the first control signal code together as first bound data, and send the first bound data including the first 64-bit block and the first bound control signal code on a first channel;
• wherein the first control signal code is the same as the second control signal code when an octet position of a first control character in the first 64-bit block is the same as an octet position of a first control character in the second 64-bit block, and the first control character in the first 64-bit block is different from the first control character in the second 64-bit block.