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Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Saravan Arunachalam0
Hugh Barrass0
Date of Patent
August 30, 2011
0Patent Application Number
127561690
Date Filed
April 7, 2010
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A method, system and apparatus are provided for detecting a loop-back in a physical layer on an Ethernet link. In the physical layer, a device sends a base page on the Ethernet link. The base page has at least one next page capability bit set. Subsequently, the device receives a received base page. Thereafter, for detecting the loop-back, the next page capability bit is set in the received base page is determined.
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