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Providing access to client overhead while transparently transmitting the client signal

US8446906B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 1, 2009
Grant dateMay 21, 2013
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J2203/0057
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method includes receiving client data; extracting overhead data from the client data; mapping the client data into one or more frames, where each of the one or more frames has a frame payload section and a frame overhead section, where the client data is mapped into the frame payload section of the one or more frames; inserting the overhead data into the frame overhead section of the one or more frames; transporting the one or more frames across a network; extracting the overhead data from the frame overhead section of the one or more frames; recovering the client data from the one or more frames; inserting the extracted overhead data into the recovered client data to create modified client data; and outputting the modified client data.

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