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US 2007/0177623 A1Published application
Integrated universal network adapter
AssigneeArkados, Inc.
InventorsOleg Logvinov, Brion Ebert
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Abstract
An integrated network adapter is operable to establish a network interface with a plurality of media types, including at least a power line network and a telephone line network, based on pre-configuration, upon initialization and dynamically during operation. The adapter further is operable to establish network interfaces simultaneously or separately with a plurality of media types and provide that a communications event can occur simultaneously or separately over a plurality of media types.
Claims25
An integrated network adapter (INA) comprising:
- a Media Access Control (“MAC”) module coupled to a Physical Layer Interface (“PHY”) module, wherein at least one of the MAC and PHY is coupled to a network configuration module, wherein the configuration module is coupled to a plurality of communications media couplers, wherein the communications media couplers include at least a power line communications media coupler and a telephone line media coupler, and wherein the configuration module establishes a communications interface using at least one of the power line communications media coupler and the telephone line media coupler.
A communications system comprising:
- a plurality of integrated network adapters (INA), each of the INAs comprising:
- a Media Access Control (“MAC”) module coupled to a Physical Layer Interface (“PHY”) module, wherein at least one of the MAC and PHY is coupled to a network configuration module, wherein the configuration module is coupled to a plurality of communications media couplers, wherein the communications media couplers include at least a power line communications media coupler and a telephone line media coupler, and wherein the configuration module establishes a communications interface using at least one of the power line communications media coupler and the telephone line media coupler;
- wherein each of the INAs includes a hybrid architecture of all available media types to which the corresponding INA is coupled and wherein each of the INAs includes means for bridging and routing among the media types.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.