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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2006
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);
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);
JDS Uniphase Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A passive full-duplex bidirectional ZPL tap includes first and second network ports and first and second tap ports. A passive signal separator is configured to receive a data stream from at least one of the first or second network port and pass through the data stream and a first signal portion comprising at least the first signal component and a second signal portion comprising at least the second signal component. A first receive only physical interface device (Phy) is configured to receive the first signal portion from the signal separator and provide the first portion to the first tap port and a second receive only Phy is configured to receive the second signal portion from the signal separator and provide the second signal portion to the second tap port.