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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2007
Greta L. Light, San Mateo, CA (US);
James D. Mcvey, Palo Alto, CA (US);
N. Anders Olsson, Gilroy, CA (US);
A. Michael Lawson, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Paul R. Gentieu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Greta L. Light, San Mateo, CA (US);
James D. McVey, Palo Alto, CA (US);
N. Anders Olsson, Gilroy, CA (US);
A. Michael Lawson, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Paul R. Gentieu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The principles of the present invention relate to passive full-duplex bidirectional Zero Packet Loss (ZPL) network taps that include single, dual, or dual differential couplers that are placed in the communication path between two network devices that communicate using a full-duplex bidirectional data stream that include a first and a second data component. The bidirectional couplers are configured to at least partially obtain a second data stream that includes at least the first data component and to obtain a third data stream that includes at least the second data component. In some embodiments, the bidirectional couplers may include a signal separation module or stage that is configured to further separate the first and second data components.