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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2001
Applicants:
Richard Cam, Vancouver, CA;
James R. Hamstra, Tigard, OR (US);
Winston Mok, Vancouver, CA;
David Wong, Vancouver, CA;
Inventors:
Richard Cam, Vancouver, CA;
James R. Hamstra, Tigard, OR (US);
Winston Mok, Vancouver, CA;
David Wong, Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
PMC-Sierra, Inc., Burnaby, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04J 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of interfacing for packet and cell transfer between a first layer device and a second layer device, which includes dividing control information into an in-band portion and an out-of-band portion, transmitting the in-band portion in the data path, and transmitting the out-of-band portion outside of the data path.