Patent · US Expired

Multiple mode xDSL interface

US6084881A · kind A · utility

63Cited by

29References

26Claims

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Assignee

Efficient Networks, Inc. · US

Inventors

Klaus S. Fosmark · Plano, US
Kevin S. Dibble · Colorado Springs, US
William A. Perry, Jr. · Addison, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 22, 1997
Grant date	Jul 4, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 22, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2012/5652
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multiple mode xDSL interface (60) is disclosed. The multiple mode xDSL interface (60) includes an xDSL termination unit (62) operable to couple to an XDSL link (64) and to manage communication of data across an xDSL physical layer. The mulitple mode xDSL interface (60) also includes a customer premises equipment (CPE) termination unit (65) coupled to the xDSL termination unit (62) and operable to couple to customer premises equipment. The CPE termination unit (65) has an operating mode selected from a plurality of operating modes where each operating mode is associated with a data protocol and supports communication of data across the xDSL physical layer using the associated data protocol.

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