Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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Date 4/09/2024
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4.1.1.3. Inter-Packet Gap Generation and Insertion

The TX MAC maintains the minimum inter-packet gap (IPG) between transmitted frames required by the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard. The deficit idle counter (DIC) maintains the average IPG of 12 bytes.