ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,781, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Downshift for BASE-T1L ethernet" was invented by Peter G. Jones (Gilroy, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides techniques for downshifting in 100BASE-T1L Ethernet. A device sends a first capability data frame to a connected peer device via a 100BASE-T1L interface. The device receives a second capability data frame from the connected peer device via the 100BASE-T1L interface. The device determines a first highest common denominator (HCD) for network speed based on the first and second capability data frames. The device es...