Apparatus and method for transmitting a DS3 signal over multiple twisted pair conductors

A system for receiving a high speed data stream over a plurality of twisted pair conductor comprising:

• a plurality of modems adapted to demodulate a plurality of parallel signals received over said plurality of twisted pair conductors into a plurality of data streams each comprising a stream of packets, each packet having a stream identifier and a packet number;
• a deframer adapted to receive said parallel streams of packets, and to synchronize packets from said parallel streams based on said stream identifiers and packet numbers;
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• a high speed data interface adapted to receive said plurality of synchronized parallel data streams and to multiplex said plurality of parallel data streams into said high speed data stream.

A method of transmitting a high speed data stream over a plurality of twisted pair conductor comprising:

• receiving said high speed data stream;
• inversely multiplexing said high speed data stream into a plurality of parallel data streams,
• generating a stream of packets from each said parallel data stream, each packet having a stream identifier and a packet number, and
• modulating each corresponding stream of packets onto a corresponding twisted pair conductor.