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Physical-layer channel bonding

US9300404B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

Stephen Jay Shellhammer · Lake Grove, US
Patrick Stupar · Nuremberg, DE
Nicola Varanese · Nuremberg, DE
Andrea Garavaglia · Nuremberg, DE
Juan Montojo · San Diego, US
Christian Pietsch · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 2, 2013
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 13, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04Q11/0071
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A network device includes a plurality of physical-media entities (PMEs), each corresponding to a distinct channel, to generate transmit signals based on transmit packets received over a media-independent interface. The network device also includes a channel-bonding sublayer to direct the transmit packets from the media-independent interface to respective PMEs of the plurality of PMEs. The channel-bonding sublayer has a substantially fixed delay between the media-independent interface and the plurality of PMEs for the transmit packets.

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