Back channel support for systems with split lane swap

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9811487
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13935172

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Example embodiments may include a method for configuring an interface that includes determining information for a configuration of an interface of a first device including a plurality of SERDES slices having a plurality of connections to a second device over the interface; and configuring a back channel layer associated with the first device to form a back channel path to carry a message between a transmitter and a receiver of the first device based on the configuration of the plurality of connections to the second device. The transmitter can be in a first SERDES slice of the plurality of SERDES slices and the receiver is in a second SERDES slice of the plurality of SERDES slices.

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  • CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

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Cheng, Wei-Min Cupertino, US 10 21
Kumar, Lalit Fremont, US 48 332
Mayya, Deepak S Fremont, US 3 24
Nagarajan, Srividhya San Jose, US 3 19

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