Methods and systems for providing an asymmetric ethernet service
US7779162B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 7, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M11/062
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and systems provide an asymmetric Ethernet service. An Ethernet network transports Ethernet frames over an asymmetric connection to a point of service for a subscriber located remotely from the Ethernet network, and the Ethernet connection is asymmetric in that the effective data transfer rates for uploading and downloading of data over the Ethernet connection are different. The subscriber may then have Ethernet capable network devices such as routers and computers linked to the point of service so that data transfer between the network devices of the subscriber and the Ethernet network occurs over the asymmetric Ethernet connection. The Ethernet network allows for communication between the network devices of the subscriber and any desired Ethernet network resources, such as network resources located on the Ethernet network or resources of downstream networks such as the global Internet that are available through the Ethernet network.
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