Low Latency 40G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

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Date 11/25/2024
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4.3.1.3. 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 IP includes a deficit idle counter (DIC), which maintains an average IPG of 12 bytes.