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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1991
Filed:
May. 12, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Raymond E Tyrrell, Raleigh, NC (US);
Stephen C Dunning, Cary, NC (US);
Richard J Sanders, Jr, Raleigh, NC (US);
Claude M Hurlocker, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael J Gingell, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeffrey P Jones, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel NA Network Systems Corp., Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ; H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3701101 ; 370 99 ; 370112 ;
Abstract
A serial transport frame format is described which transfers data between two locations. The serial transport frame format comprises a fixed number of channels per frame, each channel having a predetermined size. One channel per frame contains frame synchronization information and each channel which conveys data, contains a first portion for the transfer of data and a second portion which contains associated control information.