Michael Q Le

US Patent:

20160381190, Dec 29, 2016

Filed:

Jul 21, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/805191

Inventors:

- Irvine CA, US
John S. Wang - Sunnyvale CA, US
Michael Le - Huntington Beach CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
H04L 29/08

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including electrical circuitry, are described for auto-negotiation. Active cables, active backplanes, and line cards may include one or more instances of electrical circuitry and/or integrated circuits that intercept advertisements of standard auto-negotiation protocol signaling from an initiating device for establishment of communication links with a receiving device. Auto negotiation information in the intercepted signaling may be translated and encoded into signaling in accordance with the capabilities of the receiving device. Active cables and active backplanes may also include one or more connection components between instances of electrical circuitry and/or integrated circuits to provide high-speed transmission of data packets encapsulating the auto-negotiation information in a format that differs from the standard auto-negotiation protocol.