Ethernet transport over a telephone line

US9088435B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LANTIQ BETEILIGUNGS-GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Avinoam Rubinstain · Modiin-Maccabim-Reut, IL
• Yackov Sfadya · Kfar Sava, IL
• Shimon Peleg · Hod HaSharon, IL
• Noam Alroy · Even Yehuda, IL
• Amnon Harpak · Holon, IL
• Boaz Porat · Haifa, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 16, 2010
• Grant date: Jul 21, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 13, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M11/062
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A modem for symmetric bi-directional transporting of an Ethernet signal, comprises a port connected to a physical layer module adapted to receive and transmit a single Ethernet signal, a data splitter for splitting the Ethernet signal into the configurable number of downstream data signals, another port comprising the configurable number of DSL ports coupled to the data splitter. Each port is adapted to transmit a separate downstream signal. Each transmitted downstream signal is transmitted via a corresponding telephone line connected to the port. Each port is further adapted to receive a separate upstream signal. Each received upstream signal is received over the corresponding telephone line connected to the DSL port, and a data collection and reorganization unit coupled to the DSL ports and adapted to assemble the upstream signals into the single Ethernet signal for transmission by the physical layer module.