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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2007
Applicants:

Cesar A. Johnston, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

John M. Chiang, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Cesar A. Johnston, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

John M. Chiang, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 7/00 (2006.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04J 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/2861 (2013.01); H04L 7/0075 (2013.01); H04J 3/1652 (2013.01); H04J 14/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a line termination unit integrated circuit in a point-to-multipoint network, a receiver receives an upstream transmission from a network termination unit within the point-to-multipoint network, a transmitter transmits a downstream transmission to a network termination unit within the point-to-multipoint network, and an internal processor operatively coupled to the receiver processes sub-fields within the overhead field of the upstream transmission. The internal processor is also operatively coupled to the transmitter to assemble the overhead field of the downstream transmission. The upstream transmission is an upstream transmission convergence frame format having an overhead field and a payload field, and the downstream transmission is a downstream transmission convergence frame format having an overhead field and a payload field.


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