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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:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel J. Kerns, San Rafael, CA (US);
Paul M. Elliot, Jenner, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/06 ; H04J 3/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/06 ; H04J 3/24 ;
Abstract
A method and system for packaging frames or packets encoded in a variety of formats, for example, Frame Relay, Ethernet, ATM, or TCP/IP. The method includes: accumulating first and second packets; determining the length of each packet; and storing the lengths into a header associated with the first packet. By using the length field, frame synchronization can be efficiently achieved and maintained for the packets encoded using the method.