Agere Systems Inc.

Metamako Holding Pty Ltd

Boobera Lagoon Technology, LLC

Charles Nicholas Alexander Thomas

Scott McDaid

David Charles Ambler Snowdon

Christopher John Nicol

Oliver Ridler

A networking device including a plurality of client ports arranged for communicating with a plurality of clients, a service port arranged for communicating with a machine arranged to communicate with the plurality of clients, and networking componentry arranged to communicate electromagnetic communications between the plurality of client ports and the service port.

Network device and a method for networking

A method of operating a communications circuit with at least one control channel and at least one data channel includes the steps of monitoring the at least one control channel, powering a receiver portion of the circuit when the at least one control channel indicates that data is to be received, and refraining from powering the receiver portion when the at least one control channel indicates that data is not to be received. The circuit can operate, for example, under the 3GPP HSDPA standard. Where desired, the clock and power supply to the receiver portion and a bit rate processing portion can be independently gated.

Communications circuit and method with reduced power consumption

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Pennant Hills, Australia

Charles Nicholas Alexander Thomas