Bonding device and method
AssigneeTq Delta, LLC
InventorsMarcos C. Tzannes, Edmund Reiter, Christopher Cahill
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Abstract
A device that includes a plurality of transceivers configurable to simultaneously operate with a combination of bonded and unbonded transceivers. A first transceiver of the plurality of transceivers is operable at a first data rate, and a second transceiver of the plurality of transceivers is simultaneously operable at a second data rate that is different than the first data rate. The first and second transceivers are operable as bonded transceivers and wherein a third transceiver, of the plurality of transceivers, is simultaneously operable at a third data rate and the third transceiver is not bonded with any other transceiver.
Claims9
A device comprising:
- plurality of transceivers configurable to simultaneously operate with a combination of bonded and unbonded transceivers, wherein a first transceiver of the plurality of transceivers is operable at a first data rate, and a second transceiver of the plurality of transceivers is simultaneously operable at a second data rate that is different than the first data rate, wherein the first and second transceivers are operable as bonded transceivers, and wherein a third transceiver, of the plurality of transceivers, is simultaneously operable at a third data rate, different than the first data rate and the second data rate, and the third transceiver is not bonded with any other transceiver,
- wherein the first and second transceivers are VDSL transceivers that are operable to transmit Internet Protocol (IP) packets, and
- wherein the third transceiver is a ADSL transceiver operable to transmit ATM cells.
A method, in a plurality of transceivers configurable to simultaneously operate with a combination of bonded and unbonded transceivers, comprising:
- operating a first transceiver, of the plurality of transceivers, at a first data rate;
- simultaneously operating a second transceiver, of the plurality of transceivers, at a second data rate that is different than the first data rate, wherein the first and second transceivers are operated bonded transceivers;
- and
- simultaneously operating a third transceiver, of the plurality of transceivers, at a third data rate, different than the first data rate and the second data rate, wherein the third transceiver is not bonded with any other transceiver,
- wherein the first and second transceivers are VDSL transceivers that are operable to transmit Internet Protocol packets, and
- wherein the third transceiver is a ADSL transceiver operable to transmit ATM cells.
A device comprising:
- plurality of transceivers configurable to simultaneously operate with a combination of bonded and unbonded transceivers, wherein a first transceiver of the plurality of transceivers is operable at a first data rate, and a second transceiver of the plurality of transceivers is simultaneously operable at a second data rate that is different than the first data rate, wherein the first and second transceivers are operable as bonded transceivers, and wherein a third transceiver, of the plurality of transceivers, is simultaneously operable at a third data rate, different than the first data rate and the second data rate, and the third transceiver is not bonded with any other transceiver,
- wherein the first and second transceivers are ADSL transceivers that are operable to transmit ATM cells, and
- wherein the third transceiver is a VDSL transceiver operable to transmit Internet Protocol (IP) packets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.