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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2012
Haixiang Liang, Atherton, CA (US);
Liming Fang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jim Chen, Corona, CA (US);
Hesham El Bakoury, San Jose, CA (US);
Haixiang Liang, Atherton, CA (US);
Liming Fang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jim Chen, Corona, CA (US);
Hesham El Bakoury, San Jose, CA (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A method in a network device for providing end-to-end connection in a unified optical and coax network, comprising receiving at an integrated node device (IND) a frame from an optical line terminal (OLT), wherein the frame comprises a data frame and a logical link identifier (LLID), and placing the data in a one of a plurality of buffers based on the LLID, wherein the one of the plurality of buffers corresponds to a customer premises equipment (CPE) associated with the LLID, wherein the data frame stays intact in a media access control (MAC) layer.