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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2021
Applicant:

Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);

Inventors:

Luis Alberto Campos, Superior, CO (US);

Jennifer Andreoli-Fang, Boulder, CO (US);

Judson D. Cary, Denver, CO (US);

David Daniel Smith, Boulder, CO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04L 69/323 (2022.01); H04L 27/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 27/2697 (2013.01); H04L 1/0003 (2013.01); H04L 27/0008 (2013.01); H04L 69/323 (2013.01); H04L 2001/0097 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for transmitting data through a multi-media communication network includes converting transmission entities into data symbols at a first communication device, transmitting the data symbols from the first communication device to a second communication device through at least two different types of communication media using only lower PHY layers of the at least two different types of communication media, and converting the data symbols into transmission entities at the second communication device. A network implementing a universal data link includes a first communication device configured to convert transmission entities into data symbols, a second communication device configured to convert the data symbols into transmission entities, at least a first communication medium and a second communication medium communicatively coupled between the first communication device and the second communication device, and a first physical-layer translator configured to translate data symbols without converting the data symbols into transmission entities.


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