Apparatus and method for signal aggregation in an information handling system

1. An information handling system, comprising:

a first subsystem including:

a processor;

a first data device configured to provide a first signal;

a second data device configured to provide a second signal, wherein the first signal and the second signal are different types of signals; and

a first aggregator unit coupled to the first data device and to the second data device; and

a second subsystem including:

a processor;

a second aggregator unit coupled to a first aggregated signal line;

a third data device coupled to the second aggregator unit;

a fourth data device coupled to the second aggregator unit, wherein the second subsystem coupled to the first aggregator unit via the first aggregated signal line; and

a fifth data device configured to provide a third signal, wherein the third signal is a different type of signal from the first signal and the second signal;

wherein the first aggregator unit is configured to:

receive the first signal from the first data device and the second signal from the second data device;

aggregate, based upon a first aggregation algorithm, the first signal and the second signal to create a first aggregated signal, wherein the first aggregation algorithm aggregates the first signal and the second signal based on a specific type of each signal; and

provide the first aggregated signal to the second subsystem via the first aggregated signal line;

wherein the second aggregator unit is configured to:

receive, via the first aggregated signal line, the first aggregated signal;

de-aggregate the first aggregated signal to recover the first signal and the second signal, wherein the de-aggregation is based on an inverse of the first aggregation algorithm;

provide the recovered first signal to the third data device;

provide the recovered second signal to the fourth data device;

receive the third signal from the fifth data device;

aggregate, based upon a second aggregation algorithm, the third signal to create a second aggregated signal, wherein the second aggregation algorithm aggregates the third signal based on a specific type of the third signal, and wherein the second aggregation algorithm is different from the first aggregation algorithm; and

provide the second aggregated signal to the first subsystem via the second aggregated signal line.

2. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the first aggregator unit further comprises:

an aggregated signal transmitter being configured to provide the first aggregated signal; and

an aggregated signal receiver being configured to receive the second aggregated signal.

3. The information handling system of claim 2 , wherein the aggregated signal transmitter comprises at least one of a high-speed serial link, a multi-level digital transmission link, and a high-speed serializer/deserializer device.

4. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the first aggregation algorithm comprises at least one of a signal modulation algorithm, a digital signal processing algorithm, an audio/video compression algorithm, an audio/video de-compression algorithm, a digital image processing algorithm, an encryption/de-encryption algorithm, an analog to digital conversion algorithm, and a digital to analog conversion algorithm.

5. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the first aggregated signal line comprises at least one of a twisted pair transmission line, a coaxial cable, an optical fiber cable, a differential transmission line, a wireless short-haul cable, a radio-frequency transmission line, a high-speed data bus, a parallel line, a ladder line, a strip-line, a stepped transmission line, and a micro-strip.

6. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the first data device and the second data device comprise at least one of a display port, an embedded display port, an embedded display port auxiliary channel, integrated interchip sound serial bus, a backlight controller, a universal serial bus X.0, an inter-integrated circuit, a digital microphone, a camera, a camera strobe, a video camera, a sensor, a point-of-load power regulator, a power regulator controller, a discrete level pulse-width modulated source, and a mobile industry processor interface.

7. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the first signal and the second signal comprise at least one of a power management control signal, a power management monitoring signal, an asynchronous signal, a sideband signal, a video signal, a camera signal, a digital signal, a digital audio signal, an out of band signal, a control strobe, a wireless signal, a camera control power state management signal, a low voltage differential signal, a low voltage alternating current coupled differential signal, a time domain signal, and a space domain signal.

8. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the first subsystem and the second subsystem comprise at least one of a laptop computer base subsystem and an associated liquid crystal display lid-up structure subsystem, a mobile phone computing device base subsystem and a human interfaces structure subsystem, a tablet computer base subsystem and a display structure subsystem, and a database server subsystem and a web server subsystem.

9. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the first aggregator unit and the second aggregator unit comprise at least one of a field programmable gate array, a complex programmable logic device, an application-specific integrated circuit, a high-performance reconfigurable computing device, a hybrid-core computing device, a reconfigurable data path array, a mixed signal integrated circuit, and a fixed logic device.

10. A method comprising:

providing, by a first data device of a first subsystem of an information handling system, a first signal;

providing, by a second data device of the first subsystem, a second signal, wherein the first signal and the second signal are different types of signals;

receiving, by a first aggregator unit of the first subsystem, the first signal and the second signal;

aggregating, by the first aggregator unit, based upon a first aggregation algorithm, the first signal and the second signal to create a first aggregated signal, wherein the first aggregation algorithm aggregates the first signal and the second signal based on a specific type of each signal;

providing, by the first aggregator unit, the first aggregated signal to a second subsystem of the information handling system, via a first aggregated signal line;

providing, by the second aggregator unit, a recovered first signal based on the first aggregated signal to a third data device of the second subsystem;

providing, by the second aggregator unit, a recovered second signal based on the first aggregated signal to a forth data device of the second subsystem;

providing, by a fifth data device of the second subsystem, a third signal, wherein the third signal is a different type of signal from the first signal and the second signal;

receiving, by the second aggregator unit of the second subsystem, the third signal from the fifth data device;

aggregating, by the second aggregator unit, based upon a second aggregation algorithm, the third signal to create a second aggregated signal, wherein the second aggregation algorithm aggregates the third signal based on a specific type of the third signal, and wherein the second aggregation algorithm is different from the first aggregation algorithm; and

providing, by the second aggregator unit, the second aggregated signal to the first subsystem, via a second aggregated signal line.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

receiving, by a second aggregator unit of the second subsystem, the first aggregated signal from the first subsystem, via the first aggregated signal line; and

de-aggregating, by the second aggregator unit, based upon an inverse of the first aggregation algorithm, the first aggregated signal to recover the first signal and the second signal.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

providing, by an aggregated signal transmitter of the first aggregator unit, the first aggregated signal to the second subsystem, via the first aggregated signal line; and

receiving, by an aggregated signal receiver of the first aggregator unit, the second aggregated signal from the second subsystem, via the second aggregated signal line.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the aggregated signal transmitter comprises at least one of a high-speed serial link, a multi-level digital transmission link, and a high-speed serializer/deserializer device.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including code for performing a method, the method comprising:

providing, by a first data device of a first subsystem of an information handling system, a first signal;

providing, by a second data device of the first subsystem, a second signal, wherein the first signal and the second signal are different types of signals;

receiving, by a first aggregator unit of the first subsystem, the first signal and the second signal;

aggregating, by the first aggregator unit, based upon a first aggregation algorithm, the first signal and the second signal to create a first aggregated signal, wherein the first aggregation algorithm aggregates the first signal and the second signal based on a specific type of each signal;

providing, by the first aggregator unit, the first aggregated signal to a second subsystem of the information handling system, via a first aggregated signal line;

providing, by the second aggregator unit, a recovered first signal based on the first aggregated signal to a third data device of the second subsystem;

providing, by the second aggregator unit, a recovered second signal based on the first aggregated signal to a forth data device of the second subsystem;

providing, by a fifth data device of the second subsystem, a third signal, wherein the third signal is a different type of signal from the first signal and the second signal;

receiving, by the second aggregator unit of the second subsystem, the third signal from the fifth data device;

aggregating, by the second aggregator unit, based upon a second aggregation algorithm, the third signal to create a second aggregated signal, wherein the second aggregation algorithm aggregates the third signal based on a specific type of the third signal, and wherein the second aggregation algorithm is different from the first aggregation algorithm; and

providing, by the second aggregator unit, the second aggregated signal to the first subsystem, via a second aggregated signal line.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by a second aggregator unit of the second subsystem, the first aggregated signal from the first subsystem, via the first aggregated signal line; and

de-aggregating, by the second aggregator unit, based upon an inverse of the first aggregation algorithm, the first aggregated signal to recover the first signal and the second signal.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:

providing, by an aggregated signal transmitter of the first aggregator unit, the first aggregated signal to the second subsystem, via the first aggregated signal line; and

receiving, by an aggregated signal receiver of the first aggregator unit, the second aggregated signal from the second subsystem, via the second aggregated signal line.