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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1999
William P. Hann, Round Rock, TX (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for an interface between a physical layer and a communication network. The system comprises a UTOPIA 3 physical layer receiver ( ) operable to receive information from a physical layer device ( ), a UTOPIA 2 to UTOPIA 3 controller ( ) operable to receive data from UTOPIA 3 physical layer receiver ( ) and convert it to a UTOPIA 2 format; and a UTOPIA 2 master receiver( ) coupled to UTOPIA 2 to UTOPIA 3 controller ( ) and operable to receive information from the UTOPIA 2 to UTOPIA 3 controller ( ) and send it to the higher communication network. The system also includes a UTOPIA 2 master transmitter ( ) operable to receive data information from a communication network; a UTOPIA 2 to UTOPIA 3 controller transmitter ( ) coupled to the UTOPIA 2 master transmitter ( ) and operable to receive data from UTOPIA 2 master transmitter ( ), and a UTOPIA 3 physical layer transmitter ( ) operable to receive data from the UTOPIA 3 to UTOPIA 2 controller transmitter ( ) and send the data to a physical layer device ( ).