Fast wake-up and link acquisition in reduced-twisted pair gigabit Ethernet applications

A system including an automotive area network (AAN) having a substantially fixed topology, the system comprising:

• a first transceiver coupled to the AAN via a first substantially fixed communication pathway;
• memory storing pre-compensation parameters related to characteristics of the first substantially fixed communication pathway, wherein the pre-compensation parameters include a pre-compensation parameter determined using a channel training process;
• the first transceiver configured to establish first channel response settings based on the pre-compensation parameters prior to acquiring a communication link via the first substantially fixed communication pathway;
• and
• the first transceiver further configured to acquiring the communication link using the first channel response settings.

A device for use in an automotive area network (AAN) comprising a substantially fixed topology, the device comprising:

• memory configured to store pre-compensation parameters related to characteristics of a substantially fixed communication pathway of the AAN;
• an Ethernet transceiver configured to:
• communicate via a substantially fixed communication pathway of the AAN;
• establish channel response settings based on the pre-compensation parameters;
• and
• acquiring a communication link using the channel response settings.