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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:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2012
Thayl Zohner, Naperville, IL (US);
David George Rancich, Naperville, IL (US);
Adam Goldstein, Fayetteville, NY (US);
Thayl Zohner, Naperville, IL (US);
David George Rancich, Naperville, IL (US);
Adam Goldstein, Fayetteville, NY (US);
Tellabs Operations, Inc., Naperville, IL (US);
Abstract
A network method and apparatus configured to increase bandwidth efficiency using multiple packets cells ('MPC') is disclosed. MPC, in one embodiment, includes a header, a payload, a first cell packet indicator ('CPI') and a second CPI. The first CPI includes a first start of packet (“SOP”) field, a first end of packet (“EOP”) field, and a first length field. The first SOP field is used to indicate that the payload contains the first portion of a first packet and the first EOP field indicates that the payload contains the last portion of the first packet. The first length field indicates total number of bytes associated with the first packet that are stored in the payload. Similarly, the second CPI includes a second SOP field, a second EOP field, and a second length field, and it is used to track the second packet.