TIME DOMAIN DUPLEXING ETHERNET PHY

The proposed communication protocol enables both asymmetrical and symmetrical communication using TDD based allocation system, while having Ethernet PHY compatibility for interface with other systems. Ethernet physical layer device is configured to process data from a MAC to a desired line rate and is configured with a a XGMII interface configured to transport data from the MAC. An encoder is configured to perform encoding on the data received over the XGMII interface to create encoded data. A burst mapper is configured to append OAM or reserved bit allocation to the encoded data to create mapped data and a PCS device configured process the mapped data to data burst that include a header and one or phy blocks of data.