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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
May. 13, 2008
Siraj Nour El-ahmadi, Dallas, TX (US);
Adam R Hotchkiss, Richardson, TX (US);
Salam El Ahmadi, Dallas, TX (US);
Reginald Wilcox, Lucas, TX (US);
Siraj Nour El-Ahmadi, Dallas, TX (US);
Adam R Hotchkiss, Richardson, TX (US);
Salam El Ahmadi, Dallas, TX (US);
Reginald Wilcox, Lucas, TX (US);
Menara Networks, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides Ethernet extension and demarcation functionality through a Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) pluggable transceiver in a customer or remote device. The pluggable transceiver is configured to frame an Ethernet client signal and to provide OAM&P functionality, such as with G.709 framing. The pluggable transceiver operates within existing multi-source agreement (MSA) specifications. Accordingly, the pluggable transceiver can operate in any customer device compliant to the MSA specifications. Additionally, the framing and OAM&P functionality are transparent to the customer device, but instead utilized by a service provider for demarcation functionality, eliminating the requirements for external demarcation equipment and for external transponders.