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US 2013/0156077 A1Published application
Transceiver Port Apparatus and Method
AssigneeSpirent Communications, Inc.
InventorsGabriel K. Au, Robert D. Yamashita, Kin Ho Tung
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Abstract
Various embodiments relate to an apparatus that converts between CFP signals and electrical CXP signals. Circuitry compensates for attenuation of a CXP interconnect connected to a CXP transceiver port, and converts between (i) electrical CXP signals of the CXP transceiver port (the electrical CXP signals compliant with the CXP specification), and (ii) CFP signals of the CFP transceiver port (the CFP signals compliant with the CFP specification).
Claims25
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing including:
- a CXP transceiver port compliant with a CXP specification operating at least at 100 Gbps;
- a CFP transceiver port compliant with a CFP specification operating at least at 100 Gbps;
- and
- circuitry compensating for attenuation of a CXP interconnect connected to the CXP transceiver port, and converting between (i) electrical CXP signals of the CXP transceiver port, the electrical CXP signals compliant with the CXP specification, and (ii) CFP signals of the CFP transceiver port, the CFP signals compliant with the CFP specification.
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An apparatus including:
- a networking device having an Ethernet port operating at least at 100 Gigabits, the networking device including a CFP module, the CFP module coupled to a transceiver adapter, the transceiver adapter comprising:
- a housing including:
- a CXP transceiver port compliant with a CXP specification operating at least at 100 Gbps;
- a CFP transceiver port compliant with a CFP specification operating at least at 100 Gbps;
- and
- circuitry compensating for attenuation of a CXP interconnect connected to the CXP transceiver port, and converting between (i) electrical CXP signals of the CXP transceiver port, the electrical CXP signals compliant with the CXP specification, and (ii) CFP signals of the CFP transceiver port, the CFP signals compliant with the CFP specification.
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A method including:
- compensating for attenuation of a CXP interconnect connected to a CXP transceiver port operating at least at 100 Gbps, and
- converting between (i) electrical CXP signals of the CXP transceiver port, the electrical CXP signals and the CXP transceiver port compliant with the CXP specification, and (ii) CFP signals of a CFP transceiver port operating at least at 100 Gbps, the CFP signals and the CFP transceiver port compliant with the CFP specification, the CXP transceiver port and the CFP transceiver port in a same transceiver adapter housing.
A method including:
- attaching, to a first CFP port of networking equipment undergoing test, a second CFP port of an apparatus that converts between (i) electrical CXP signals of the CXP transceiver port, the electrical CXP signals compliant with the CXP specification, and (ii) CFP signals of the CFP transceiver port, the CFP signals compliant with the CFP specification;
- attaching, to a first CXP port of the apparatus, a CXP interconnect;
- and
- automatically configuring the apparatus to compensate for attenuation of the CXP interconnect.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.