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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1992
Mohamed Badaoui, Nice, FR;
Jean Calvignac, La Gaude, FR;
Guy Carle, Sain-Jeannet, FR;
Christian Garcia, La Guade, FR;
Pierre Vachee, La Guade, FR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An Active Remote Module (ARM) attaches end user devices to any port of a multiport communications processing unit. The ARM includes circuit arrangements which receive serial streams of data and clock information which are arranged into data slots, control slots and outband slot carrying characteristic information, including ARM address, ARM type, end user data rate, etc., about the ARM and the end user devices. By issuing selective commands, a line adapter in the multiport communications processing unit is made aware of the user devices connected to its port and structure the data to meet the requirement of the attached end user devices.