Patent · US Expired

Apparatus, system, and method for protocol conversion in transceiver modules

US7317733B1 · kind B1 · utility

39Cited by
5References
28Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 18, 2003
Grant dateJan 8, 2008
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 22, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J3/1623
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transceiver module includes a protocol converter for converting between the data protocol of a host and a network. In one embodiment the module performs protocol conversion between a TDM data protocol of an external network and a gigabit Ethernet data protocol of host, thereby eliminating the need for additional line cards to perform protocol conversion.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.