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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2009
Applicants:
Michael Emmendorfer, St. Peters, MO (US);
Thomas J. Cloonan, Lisle, IL (US);
Erich Arnold, Naperville, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael Emmendorfer, St. Peters, MO (US);
Thomas J. Cloonan, Lisle, IL (US);
Erich Arnold, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
ARRIS Group, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A network includes a provider edge device with logic to encapsulate Ethernet frames received from customer equipment into Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) frames using Layer Two Tunneling Protocol. The provider edge device further includes logic to implement a virtual switch instance (VSI).