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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
May. 24, 2005
Applicants:
David B. Fox, Bolton, MA (US);
John T. Chapman, Saratoga, CA (US);
Alon S. Bernstein, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Albert A. Slane, Cottage Grove, WI (US);
Inventors:
David B. Fox, Bolton, MA (US);
John T. Chapman, Saratoga, CA (US);
Alon S. Bernstein, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Albert A. Slane, Cottage Grove, WI (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04J 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A network device has a communications port to provide communication with a data network and a cable port to provide communication with a cable network across multiple channels. The network device also has a processor to receive data from the data network, format the data into packets for transmission across the multiple channels and provide an identifier to allow the packets to be reconstructed.