Backplane bus
AssigneeCalix Networks, Inc.
InventorsJason Dove, Brian Semple, Andre Tanguay
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Abstract
A method of creating a signal encoded with a message for transmission from a line unit to a switch unit in a network element of a communication network includes arranging in the message a plurality of contiguous bytes of traffic and arranging in the message a plurality of contiguous nibbles of signaling wherein there is one nibble of signaling for each byte of traffic.
Claims23
A method of creating a signal comprising a message for transmission from a line unit to a switch unit in a network element of a communication network, the method comprising:
- arranging in the message a plurality of contiguous bytes of traffic;
- and
- arranging in the message a plurality of contiguous nibbles of signaling;
- wherein there is one nibble of signaling for each byte of traffic;
- and
- wherein the nibbles of signaling are different from one another, and the nibbles are equal in number to the bytes.
A method of creating a signal comprising a message for transmission from a line unit to a switch unit in a network element of a communication network, the method comprising:
- arranging in the message a plurality of contiguous bytes of traffic;
- arranging in the message a plurality of contiguous nibbles of signaling wherein there is one nibble of signaling for each byte of traffic;
- and
- including at least one control byte immediately following the plurality of contiguous nibbles of signaling.
A method of creating a signal comprising a message, the method comprising:
- arranging in said signal a plurality of contiguous B-channels, wherein each B-channel is a byte of a voice sample;
- placing in said signal a plurality of contiguous nibbles of signaling immediately following the B-channels wherein there is one nibble of signaling for each B-channel;
- wherein the nibbles of signaling are different from one another and the nibbles are equal in number to the bytes;
- wherein a header precedes the B-channels;
- and
- wherein the message is 64-bytes.
A process for creating a payload of a message, the process comprising:
- arranging a plurality of contiguous B-channels, wherein each B-channel is a byte of a voice sample;
- placing a plurality of contiguous nibbles of signaling immediately following the B-channels;
- wherein the nibbles of signaling are different from one another and the nibbles are equal in number to the bytes
- preceding the B-channels with a header;
- and
- locating at least one byte containing a frame sequence field between the header and the B-channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.