发明名称 |
Flexible MAC/PHY association |
摘要 |
A system and method for allowing flexible associations between PHY devices and MAC devices in a point-to-multipoint communications system, such that a given upstream channel is not deterministically bound to a particular MAC device. An upstream MAC device may connect to a varying number of PHY devices depending on configured PHY capacity. Upstream service flows are kept intact by noting Service identifiers (SIDs) of each burst received at a PHY device. A burst is then directed via a switching infrastructure to the appropriate MAC on the basis of the SID. |
申请公布号 |
US8204074(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2012.06.19 |
申请号 |
US20070759762 |
申请日期 |
2007.06.07 |
申请人 |
PANTELIAS NIKI;BROADCOM CORPORATION |
发明人 |
PANTELIAS NIKI |
分类号 |
H04L12/66;H04L12/28;H04L12/56;H04M1/66 |
主分类号 |
H04L12/66 |
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