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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. 01, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2001
Yair Bourlas, San Diego, CA (US);
Lewis N. Cohen, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael G. Reeves, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenneth L. Stanwood, Cardiff by the Sea, CA (US);
Ensemble Communications, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a novel method and system for efficiently synchronizing, transmitting, and receiving data between a base station and a plurality of customer premises. A MAC coprocessor (MCP) is implemented, which works in conjunction with the MAC in order to produce a robust, high throughput communication system. The MAC coprocessor performs many of the tasks typically performed by prior art MAC's, including: during a downlink, storing a data frame, sorting the data frame according to modulation type or other criteria, determining when the data frame is full, and appending a set of CPE settings to the data frame. During an uplink, the MAC coprocessor receives all data and routes the data either to the MAC or a network backhaul. A MAC coprocessor may be used in both the base station and Customer Premises. In both the downlink and uplink processes, having a MAC coprocessor working in conjunction with the MAC may significantly increase the communication system's throughput.