公开(公告)号：US08665897B2

公开(公告)日：2014-03-04

申请号：US12605858

申请日：2009-10-26

申请人： Joe Polland ,  Xinkuan Zhou ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Clifton Powers ,  Yiu Lam Chan

发明人： Joe Polland ,  Xinkuan Zhou ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Clifton Powers ,  Yiu Lam Chan

IPC分类号： H04J3/16

CPC分类号： H04M11/062

摘要： System and methods for High-speed Digital Subscriber Line Software Download are provided. In one embodiment, a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Transceiver Unit is provided. The transceiver unit comprises at least one DSL transceiver, wherein the at least one DSL transceiver implements an Embedded Operations Channel (EOC) and a data path over at least one DSL pair; a first memory for storing a software file for transfer over the DSL pair, wherein the software file comprises a header and at least one file record; and a second memory for storing a provisioning table, wherein the provisioning table establishes timeslot allocations for a plurality of channels communicated over the data path, including provisions for a software download channel for transmitting the software file from the first memory to a target unit over the data path.

摘要翻译： 提供了高速数字用户线软件下载的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中，提供了数字用户线（DSL）收发器单元。 所述收发器单元包括至少一个DSL收发器，其中所述至少一个DSL收发器通过至少一个DSL对实现嵌入式操作信道（EOC）和数据路径; 用于存储用于通过所述DSL对传送的软件文件的第一存储器，其中所述软件文件包括标题和至少一个文件记录; 以及用于存储供应表的第二存储器，其中所述供应表建立用于通过所述数据路径传送的多个信道的时隙分配，包括用于通过所述第一存储器从所述第一存储器向所述目标单元发送所述软件文件的软件下载通道的规定 数据路径。

公开(公告)号：US08085816B2

公开(公告)日：2011-12-27

申请号：US12172433

申请日：2008-07-14

申请人： Xinkuan Zhou ,  Clifton Powers ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Joe Polland

发明人： Xinkuan Zhou ,  Clifton Powers ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Joe Polland

IPC分类号： H04J1/10

CPC分类号： H04B3/38

摘要： A communication system comprises a central unit configured to transmit and receive communication signals; a remote unit configured to transmit and receive communication signals; and a regenerator unit configured to regenerate and transmit received communication signals, the regenerator unit comprising a first interface, a second interface and a control and status circuit configured to control operation of the first and second interface, wherein each interface is configured to operate as an independent logical regenerator unit; wherein the central unit and the remote unit communicate over a first communication loop via the first independent interface of the regenerator unit.

摘要翻译： 通信系统包括被配置为发送和接收通信信号的中央单元; 被配置为发送和接收通信信号的远程单元; 以及再生器单元，被配置为再生和发送接收到的通信信号，所述再生器单元包括第一接口，第二接口和被配置为控制所述第一和第二接口的操作的控制和状态电路，其中每个接口被配置为作为 独立逻辑蓄电池单元; 其中所述中央单元和所述远程单元经由所述再生器单元的所述第一独立接口在第一通信环路上通信。

公开(公告)号：US07864667B2

公开(公告)日：2011-01-04

申请号：US12045368

申请日：2008-03-10

申请人： Xinkuan Zhou ,  Clifton Powers ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Joe Polland

发明人： Xinkuan Zhou ,  Clifton Powers ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Joe Polland

IPC分类号： G06F11/00 ,  G06F11/20 ,  H04L12/66

CPC分类号： H04M11/062

摘要： A communication system comprising at least one communication unit. Each communication unit includes an interface port, a first-digital-subscriber-line port, a second-digital-subscriber-line port, and a central processing unit. The central processing unit is communicatively coupled to receive information indicative of the operability of the first-digital-subscriber-line port and the second-digital-subscriber-line port. The at least one communication unit is implemented on the physical layer in single-pair mode. The at least one communication unit is configured to switch from sending timeslots in dual-pair mode to sending timeslots in 1+1 protection mode when communication on one of the first-digital-subscriber-line port and the second-digital-subscriber-line port fails.

摘要翻译： 一种通信系统，包括至少一个通信单元。 每个通信单元包括接口端口，第一数字用户线路端口，第二数字用户线路端口和中央处理单元。 中央处理单元通信地耦合以接收指示第一数字用户线路端口和第二数字用户线路端口的可操作性的信息。 至少一个通信单元以单对模式在物理层上实现。 所述至少一个通信单元被配置为当在所述第一数字用户线路端口和所述第二数字用户线路之一上进行通信时，以双对模式的发送时隙切换到发送时隙在1 + 1保护模式 端口失败。

公开(公告)号：US08982913B2

公开(公告)日：2015-03-17

申请号：US12468552

申请日：2009-05-19

申请人： Xinkuan Zhou ,  Clifton Powers ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Joe Polland

发明人： Xinkuan Zhou ,  Clifton Powers ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Joe Polland

IPC分类号： H04J3/02 ,  H04J3/16 ,  H04J3/04

CPC分类号： H04J3/1647 ,  H04J3/04 ,  H04J3/1641

摘要： A communication system comprises a first multiplexer card having a first plurality of TDM ports and a first differential signaling interface, the first multiplexer card operable to map timeslots from the TDM ports to a first combined signal transmitted via the first differential signaling interface; a first unit coupled to the first differential signaling interface and configured to map timeslots extracted from the first combined signal to a DSL frame; a second unit coupled to the first unit via the a DSL link, the second unit having a third differential signaling interface and operable to map timeslots extracted from the DSL frame to a second combined signal; and a second multiplexer card having a second plurality of TDM ports and a fourth differential signaling interface, the second multiplexer card operable to map each of the timeslots from the second combined signal to one of the second plurality of TDM ports.

摘要翻译： 通信系统包括具有第一多个TDM端口和第一差分信令接口的第一多路复用器卡，第一多路复用器卡可操作以将来自TDM端口的时隙映射到经由第一差分信号接口传输的第一组合信号; 耦合到所述第一差分信令接口并被配置为将从所述第一组合信号提取的时隙映射到DSL帧的第一单元; 第二单元，经由DSL链路耦合到第一单元，第二单元具有第三差分信令接口，用于将从DSL帧提取的时隙映射到第二组合信号; 以及具有第二多个TDM端口和第四差分信令接口的第二多路复用器卡，所述第二多路复用器卡可操作以将来自第二组合信号的每个时隙映射到第二多个TDM端口中的一个。

公开(公告)号：US20110099546A1

公开(公告)日：2011-04-28

申请号：US12605858

申请日：2009-10-26

申请人： Joe Polland ,  Xinkuan Zhou ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Clifton Powers ,  Yiu Lam Chan

发明人： Joe Polland ,  Xinkuan Zhou ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Clifton Powers ,  Yiu Lam Chan

IPC分类号： G06F9/44

CPC分类号： H04M11/062

摘要： System and methods for High-speed Digital Subscriber Line Software Download are provided. In one embodiment, a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Transceiver Unit is provided. The transceiver unit comprises at least one DSL transceiver, wherein the at least one DSL transceiver implements an Embedded Operations Channel (EOC) and a data path over at least one DSL pair; a first memory for storing a software file for transfer over the DSL pair, wherein the software file comprises a header and at least one file record; and a second memory for storing a provisioning table, wherein the provisioning table establishes timeslot allocations for a plurality of channels communicated over the data path, including provisions for a software download channel for transmitting the software file from the first memory to a target unit over the data path.

摘要翻译： 提供了高速数字用户线软件下载的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中，提供了数字用户线（DSL）收发器单元。 所述收发器单元包括至少一个DSL收发器，其中所述至少一个DSL收发器通过至少一个DSL对实现嵌入式操作信道（EOC）和数据路径; 用于存储用于通过所述DSL对传送的软件文件的第一存储器，其中所述软件文件包括标题和至少一个文件记录; 以及用于存储供应表的第二存储器，其中所述供应表建立用于通过所述数据路径传送的多个信道的时隙分配，包括用于通过所述第一存储器从所述第一存储器向所述目标单元发送所述软件文件的软件下载通道的规定 数据路径。

公开(公告)号：US20090290603A1

公开(公告)日：2009-11-26

申请号：US12468552

申请日：2009-05-19

申请人： Xinkuan Zhou ,  Clifton Powers ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Joe Polland

发明人： Xinkuan Zhou ,  Clifton Powers ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Joe Polland

IPC分类号： H04J3/02

CPC分类号： H04J3/1647 ,  H04J3/04 ,  H04J3/1641

摘要： A communication system comprises a first multiplexer card having a first plurality of time division multiplex (TDM) ports and a first differential signaling interface, wherein the first multiplexer card is operable to map timeslots from each of the first plurality of TDM ports to a first combined signal transmitted via the first differential signaling interface; a first unit having a second differential signaling interface coupled to the first differential signaling interface, wherein the first unit is operable to extract the timeslots from the first combined signal and to map the extracted timeslots to a digital subscriber line (DSL) frame for transmission over a DSL link; a second unit coupled to the first unit via the DSL link, the second unit having a third differential signaling interface, wherein the second unit is operable to extract the timeslots in the DSL frame and to map the timeslots to a second combined signal transmitted via the third differential signaling interface; and a second multiplexer card having a second plurality of TDM ports and a fourth differential signaling interface, wherein the second multiplexer card is operable to map each of the timeslots from the second combined signal to one of the second plurality of TDM ports.

摘要翻译： 通信系统包括具有第一多个时分复用（TDM）端口和第一差分信令接口的第一多路复用器卡，其中第一多路复用器卡可操作以将来自第一多个TDM端口中的每一个的时隙映射到第一组合 信号经由第一差分信号接口传送; 具有耦合到所述第一差分信令接口的第二差分信令接口的第一单元，其中所述第一单元可操作以从所述第一组合信号中提取所述时隙并且将所提取的时隙映射到数字用户线（DSL）帧以进行传输 DSL连接; 第二单元，经由DSL链路耦合到第一单元，第二单元具有第三差分信令接口，其中第二单元可操作以提取DSL帧中的时隙并将时隙映射到经由 第三差分信号接口; 以及具有第二多个TDM端口和第四差分信令接口的第二多路复用器卡，其中第二多路复用器卡可操作以将来自第二组合信号的每个时隙映射到第二多个TDM端口中的一个。

公开(公告)号：US08340118B2

公开(公告)日：2012-12-25

申请号：US12468562

申请日：2009-05-19

申请人： Xinkuan Zhou ,  Clifton Powers ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Joe Polland

发明人： Xinkuan Zhou ,  Clifton Powers ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Joe Polland

IPC分类号： H04B7/212

CPC分类号： H04J3/1647 ,  H04J3/04 ,  H04J3/1641

摘要： A multiplexing card comprises a primary TDM port over which TDM frames are communicated to and from a networking device, a plurality of secondary TDM ports over each of which fractional TDM frames are communicated to and from a plurality of digital subscriber line (DSL) units; and a logic device coupled between the primary TDM port and the plurality of secondary TDM ports, wherein the logic device is operable to map timeslots from each of the fractional TDM frames received over the plurality of secondary TDM ports to timeslots in a TDM frame communicated over the primary TDM port, and to map each of a plurality of blocks of timeslots in a TDM frame received over the primary TDM port to one of the plurality of secondary TDM ports; wherein the combined number of timeslots containing user data in the fractional TDM frames received over the plurality of secondary TDM ports is less than or equal to the maximum number of available timeslots in the corresponding TDM frame communicated over the primary TDM port.

摘要翻译： 多路复用卡包括主TDM端口，TDM网络与网络设备进行通信，多个二级TDM端口通过每个TDM TDM端口传送到多个数字用户线路（DSL）单元; 以及耦合在所述主TDM端口和所述多个辅助TDM端口之间的逻辑设备，其中所述逻辑设备可操作以将来自所述多个辅助TDM端口上接收的每个所述分数TDM帧中的时隙映射到TDM帧中传送的TDM帧中的时隙 主TDM端口，并将在主TDM端口上接收的TDM帧中的多个时隙块中的每一个映射到多个辅助TDM端口中的一个; 其中，在所述多个辅助TDM端口上接收的分数TDM帧中包含用户数据的时隙的组合数量小于或等于通过所述主TDM端口传送的相应TDM帧中的可用时隙的最大数量。

公开(公告)号：US07869465B2

公开(公告)日：2011-01-11

申请号：US12172436

申请日：2008-07-14

申请人： Xinkuan Zhou ,  Clifton Powers ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Joe Polland

发明人： Xinkuan Zhou ,  Clifton Powers ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Joe Polland

IPC分类号： H04J3/00

CPC分类号： H04L12/2856 ,  H04L12/2898

摘要： A communication system comprises a first communication unit having a plurality of application ports; and a second communication unit having a plurality of application ports and coupled to the first communication unit; wherein the first communication unit is configured to extract timeslots from a first signal having a first interface format and from a second signal having a second interface format, and to insert the extracted timeslots into a frame for transmission to the second communication unit; wherein the second communication unit is configured to pass the first interface format signal to an application port of a similar interface format and to pass the second interface format signal to an application port of a third dissimilar interface format based on the order of the extracted timeslots in the frame transmitted from the first communication unit.

摘要翻译： 通信系统包括具有多个应用端口的第一通信单元; 以及第二通信单元，具有多个应用端口并且耦合到所述第一通信单元; 其中，所述第一通信单元被配置为从具有第一接口格式的第一信号和从具有第二接口格式的第二信号中提取时隙，并且将所提取的时隙插入到帧中以传输到所述第二通信单元; 其中所述第二通信单元被配置为将所述第一接口格式信号传递到类似接口格式的应用端口，并且基于所提取的时隙的顺序将所述第二接口格式信号传递到第三不同接口格式的应用端口 该帧从第一通信单元发送。

公开(公告)号：US20090290583A1

公开(公告)日：2009-11-26

申请号：US12468562

申请日：2009-05-19

申请人： Xinkuan Zhou ,  Clifton Powers ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Joe Polland

发明人： Xinkuan Zhou ,  Clifton Powers ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Joe Polland

IPC分类号： H04L12/56 ,  H04J3/06

CPC分类号： H04J3/1647 ,  H04J3/04 ,  H04J3/1641

摘要： A multiplexing card comprises a primary TDM port over which TDM frames are communicated to and from a networking device, a plurality of secondary TDM ports over each of which fractional TDM frames are communicated to and from a plurality of digital subscriber line (DSL) units; and a logic device coupled between the primary TDM port and the plurality of secondary TDM ports, wherein the logic device is operable to map timeslots from each of the fractional TDM frames received over the plurality of secondary TDM ports to timeslots in a TDM frame communicated over the primary TDM port, and to map each of a plurality of blocks of timeslots in a TDM frame received over the primary TDM port to one of the plurality of secondary TDM ports; wherein the combined number of timeslots containing user data in the fractional TDM frames received over the plurality of secondary TDM ports is less than or equal to the maximum number of available timeslots in the corresponding TDM frame communicated over the primary TDM port.

摘要翻译： 多路复用卡包括主TDM端口，TDM网络与网络设备进行通信，多个二级TDM端口通过每个TDM TDM端口传送到多个数字用户线路（DSL）单元; 以及耦合在所述主TDM端口和所述多个辅助TDM端口之间的逻辑设备，其中所述逻辑设备可操作以将来自所述多个辅助TDM端口上接收的每个所述分数TDM帧中的时隙映射到TDM帧中传送的TDM帧中的时隙 主TDM端口，并将在主TDM端口上接收的TDM帧中的多个时隙块中的每一个映射到多个辅助TDM端口中的一个; 其中，在所述多个辅助TDM端口上接收的分数TDM帧中包含用户数据的时隙的组合数量小于或等于通过所述主TDM端口传送的相应TDM帧中的可用时隙的最大数量。

公开(公告)号：US20090092176A1

公开(公告)日：2009-04-09

申请号：US12172433

申请日：2008-07-14

申请人： Xinkuan Zhou ,  Clifton Powers ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Joe Polland

发明人： Xinkuan Zhou ,  Clifton Powers ,  Laxman Anne ,  Manish Sharma ,  Joe Polland

IPC分类号： H04B3/36

CPC分类号： H04B3/38

摘要： A communication system comprises a central unit configured to transmit and receive communication signals; a remote unit configured to transmit and receive communication signals; and a regenerator unit configured to regenerate and transmit received communication signals, the regenerator unit comprising a first interface, a second interface and a control and status circuit configured to control operation of the first and second interface, wherein each interface is configured to operate as an independent logical regenerator unit; wherein the central unit and the remote unit communicate over a first communication loop via the first independent interface of the regenerator unit.

摘要翻译： 通信系统包括被配置为发送和接收通信信号的中央单元; 被配置为发送和接收通信信号的远程单元; 以及再生器单元，被配置为再生和发送接收到的通信信号，所述再生器单元包括第一接口，第二接口和被配置为控制所述第一和第二接口的操作的控制和状态电路，其中每个接口被配置为作为 独立逻辑蓄电池单元; 其中所述中央单元和所述远程单元经由所述再生器单元的所述第一独立接口在第一通信环路上通信。