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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:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan A. Jones, Wylie, TX (US);
Jose A. Salmones, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel USA Sourcing, L.P., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/266 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/266 ;
Abstract
A switching matrix interface for a delivery unit that transports network data on telecommunications media to a switching matrix. The interface shares a “common building block” format with other modules of the delivery unit. Specifically, a bus interface port of the interface transports network data from the delivery unit (prior to switching) and back to the delivery unit (after switching) in a common data format. Buffers provide timing and align for transport to and from the switching matrix. The interface provides a path verification scheme using a superframe format for path integrity bits.