US 11,902,172 B2
Device and method for transferring identification and/or data flow control information between devices
Chun feng Hu, Singapore (SG); and Ingo Volkening, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to MAXLINEAR ASIA SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED, Singapore (SG)
Filed by MAXLINEAR ASIA SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED, Singapore (SG)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/806,942.
Application 17/806,942 is a continuation of application No. 16/784,360, filed on Feb. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,362,958.
Claims priority of application No. 19158670 (EP), filed on Feb. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0385591 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 47/36 (2022.01); H04L 47/12 (2022.01); H04L 69/22 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 47/365 (2013.01) [H04L 47/12 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for communicating with a link partner device, comprising:
a fragmentation unit configured to fragment a packet into multiple fragments if a size of the packet is greater than a maximum fragment size;
a packet control header unit configured to generate a packet control header for a packet or each fragment of the packet, wherein the packet control header includes at least one of: a sub-port ID field, an extension field type field, or an extension field; and
a transceiver configured to send the packet or the fragments of the packet with the packet control header via a connection between the device and the link partner device.