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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2009
Gilberto Loprieno, Milan, IT;
Luca Della Chiesa, Concorezzo, IT;
Davide Codella, Como, IT;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
According to one general aspect, a method may include receiving, from an optical transmitter, an optical signal that includes information. In some embodiments, the method may include encapsulating at least a portion of the received information into an Ethernet packet. In various embodiments, the method may include associating a control word with the Ethernet packet. In such an embodiment, the control word may include a status portion that indicates a status of at least a portion of the network including the networking apparatus, and an ordinal number configured to facilitate the re-construction of the information included by the optical signal. In various embodiments, the method may include transmitting the Ethernet packet to a networking apparatus.