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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:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2009
Applicants:
Ayham Al-banna, Darien, IL (US);
Erich Arnold, Naperville, IL (US);
Thomas J. Cloonan, Lisle, IL (US);
Jeff Howe, West Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Ayham Al-Banna, Darien, IL (US);
Erich Arnold, Naperville, IL (US);
Thomas J. Cloonan, Lisle, IL (US);
Jeff Howe, West Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
ARRIS Group, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A data communication system includes multiple Media Access Control (MAC) units, multiple physical layer (PHY) interface units, and logic to communicate between the MAC units and the PHY units using a single tunneling protocol over Internet Protocol (IP).