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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2006
Applicants:
Jason Dove, Novato, CA (US);
Brian Semple, Novato, CA (US);
Andre Tanguay, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Calix Networks, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of creating a signal encoded with a message for transmission from a line unit to a switch unit in a network element of a communication network includes arranging in the message a plurality of contiguous bytes of traffic and arranging in the message a plurality of contiguous nibbles of signaling wherein there is one nibble of signaling for each byte of traffic.