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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2008
Shiri Kadambi, Los Altos Hill, CA (US);
Shekhar Ambe, San Jose, CA (US);
Sandeep Relan, Bangalore, IN;
Shiri Kadambi, Los Altos Hill, CA (US);
Shekhar Ambe, San Jose, CA (US);
Sandeep Relan, Bangalore, IN;
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A network device for handling data and a method for handling data in a network device are disclosed. The network device includes at least one media port and at least one high speed docking station, communicating with the at least one media port. At least one master is provided in the network device, where the at least one master is connected to the at least one high speed docking station. The master is configured to handle and process data received by the at least one media port and passed to the master through the at least one high speed docking station. The network device is configured to handle media ports of different media types. Thus, the device can handle data received through different media ports that have different media types with the same master, making the network device easily configured to meet a customer's needs.