`Exhibit 1031-00001
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`AMX and Dell, Inc.
`Exhibit 1031-00001
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`AMX and Dell, Inc.
`Exhibit 1031-00002
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`Gigabit Ethernet
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`Technology and Applications
`for High-Speed LANs
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`Rich Seifert
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`Addison-Wesley
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`An imprint of Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
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`AMX and Dell, Inc.
`Exhibit 1031-00003
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`Library of Congress CataIoging-in-Publication Data
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`Seifert, Rich, 1952-
`Gigabit Ethernet: technology and applications for high-speed
`LANs / Rich Seifert.
`p.
`cm.
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`Includes bibliographical references and index.
`ISBN 0-201-18553-9
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`1. Ethernet (Local area network system)
`TK5105.8.E83S45
`1998
`621.39'81—d::21
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`I. Title.
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`98-9357
`CIP
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`Copyright © 1998 by Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
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`of America. Published simultaneously in Canada.
`ISBN 0-201-1 8553-9
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`Text printed on recycled and acid-free paper.
`12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10-MA-0201009998
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`First printing, April 1998
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`AMX and Dell, Inc.
`Exhibit 1031-00004
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`Figure 8-3 Auto-Negotiation signaling.
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`The entire message is repeated, nominally at 16-ms intervals, until the nego-
`tiation is complete.
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`8.2.4.3 Automatic Configuration without Auto—Negotiation
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`A device can easily detect whether the signals it is receiving were generated
`using 10BASE—T, 1OOBASE—TX, or 100BASE—T4. In the case of 10BASE—T,
`every device emits characteristic “link pulses” every 16 ms when the link is
`idle; this constitutes an unmistakable signature.“ In the case of 1OOBASE—TX
`and 10OBASE—T4, the signal levels, timing, and encoding used are sufficiently
`different that determination of the link’s nature can be made without the use
`of Auto-Negotiation. This is often called “parallel detection.”
`Thus it is possible to automatically configure to any of these three signal-
`ing methods without implementing the negotiation protocol. Doing this is
`fairly common, and it slightly lowers the cost of a product.
`However, a great deal of flexibility is lost by not using Auto—Negotiation:
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`I It is not possible to implement automatic dual-speed capability (for ex-
`ample, 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s).
`I It is not possible to determine duplex mode.
`I It is not possible to determine flow control capability.
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`The default assumption if Auto—Negotiation is not employed is that the
`link is operating in half—duplex mode, without explicit flow control. Thus
`devices not implementing Auto—Negotiation are generally those with only a
`single mode of operation, for example, a 1OOBASE—TX (only) repeater hub or
`a 10BASE—T (half—duplex-only) controller, where there is nothing to be
`gained by implementing Auto—Negotiation.
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`11. Also called “link beat,” these pulses are used to ensure that the link is physically con-
`nected. It is the detection of this pulse that usually enables a “Link LED" on a 10BASE—T con-
`troller or hub port.
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`AMX and Dell, Inc.
`Exhibit 1031-00005