Bonding device and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9894014-B2
Application number	US-201615057741-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2016
Priority date	Oct 5, 2001
Publication date	Feb 13, 2018
Grant date	Feb 13, 2018

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.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. 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.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein first and the second transceivers are operable to utilize at least one parameter associated with operation of at least one of the first and second transceivers to reduce a difference in latency between the first and second transceivers.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second transceivers generate a single high data rate connection between a service provider and a subscriber.

4. 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.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first and second transceivers generate a single high data rate connection between a service provider and a subscriber.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein first and the second transceivers are operable to utilize at least one parameter associated with operation of at least one of the first and second transceivers to reduce a difference in latency between the first and second transceivers.

7. 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.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein the first and second transceivers generate a single high data rate connection between a service provider and a subscriber.

9. The device of claim 7 , wherein first and the second transceivers are operable to utilize at least one parameter associated with operation of at least one of the first and second transceivers to reduce a difference in latency between the first and second transceivers.

Assignees

• Tq Delta Llc

Inventors

• Tzannes Marcos C
• Reiter Edmund
• Cahill Christopher

Classifications

• H04L49/60

  Software-defined switches · CPC title

• H04L25/14 Primary

  Channel dividing arrangements {, i.e. in which a single bit stream is divided between several baseband channels and reassembled at the receiver} · CPC title

• H04L2012/5674

  Synchronisation, timing recovery or alignment · CPC title

• H04L12/5601

  Transfer mode dependent, e.g. ATM · CPC title

• H04L2012/5672

  Multiplexing, e.g. coding, scrambling · CPC title