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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:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bracey J. Blackburn, Garland, TX (US);
Robert S. Gammenthaler, Jr., Frisco, TX (US);
Donald B. Hay, Dallas, TX (US);
Thomas E. Cooper, Richardson, TX (US);
Serge F. Fourcand, Allen, TX (US);
Long V. Vo, Garland, TX (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel USA Sourcing, L.P., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/250 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/250 ;
Abstract
A bus control module for a delivery unit, which interfaces an optical fiber network to a switching matrix. The bus control module controls transport of control data and network data between various application modules of the delivery unit. The control data and network data are carried as datagrams on ingress links from the application modules and on egress links to the application modules.