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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2018
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
John T. Chapman, Coto de Caza, CA (US);
Hang Jin, Plano, TX (US);
Alon Shlomo Bernstein, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A virtual physical layer may be provided. When providing the virtual physical layer, a remote radio head may be used. The remote radio head may comprise a first interface device, a second interface device, a digital-to-analog converter, and an analog-to-digital converter. The first interface device may be connected to a virtual physical layer instance instantiated in a cloud-based environment. The second interface device may be connected to customer premises equipment. The digital-to-analog converter may be connected between the first interface device and the second interface device and the analog-to-digital converter may also be connected between the first interface device and the second interface device.