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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2002
Ramesh Duvvuru, San Jose, CA (US);
Felix Chow, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ricky See, Milpitas, CA (US);
Sharath Narahari, Pleasanton, CA (US);
David Stiles, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ramesh Duvvuru, San Jose, CA (US);
Felix Chow, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ricky See, Milpitas, CA (US);
Sharath Narahari, Pleasanton, CA (US);
David Stiles, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Redback Networks Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing channelized and unchannelized data within a signal are described. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving in a network element, data packets within a number of channels, wherein each of the number of channels are channelized or unchannelized, processing, in a protocol engine within the network element, the data packets within the number of channels that are channelized, and processing, in the protocol engine within the network element, the data packets within the number of channels that are unchannelized.