The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
May. 07, 2012
Applicant:
Niki Pantelias, Duluth, GA (US);
Inventor:
Niki Pantelias, Duluth, GA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/701 (2013.01); H04L 12/709 (2013.01); H04M 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/2801 (2013.01); H04L 12/2856 (2013.01); H04L 12/2861 (2013.01); H04L 12/2872 (2013.01); H04L 45/00 (2013.01); H04L 45/245 (2013.01); Y02B 60/33 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for allowing flexible associations between PHY devices and MAC devices in a point-to-multipoint communications system, such that a given upstream channel is not deterministically bound to a particular MAC device. An upstream MAC device may connect to a varying number of PHY devices depending on configured PHY capacity. Upstream service flows are intact by noting Service identifiers (SIDs) of each burst received at a PHY device. A burst is then directed via a switching infrastructure to the appropriate MAC on the basis of the SID.