Multiplex communications – Communication techniques for information carried in plural... – Adaptive
Reexamination Certificate
2005-06-07
2005-06-07
Vanderpuye, Kenneth (Department: 2661)
Multiplex communications
Communication techniques for information carried in plural...
Adaptive
C370S364000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06904053
ABSTRACT:
The Fibre. Channel standard was created by the American National Standard for Information Systems (ANSI) X3T11 task group to define a serial I/O channel for interconnecting a number of heterogeneous peripheral devices to computer systems as well as interconnecting the computer systems themselves through optical fiber and copper media at gigabit speeds (i.e., one billion bits per second). Multiple protocols such as SCSI (Small Computer Serial Interface), IP (Internet Protocol), HIPPI, ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) among others can concurrently utilize the same media when mapped over Fibre Channel. A Fibre Channel Fabric is an entity which transmits Fibre Channel frames between connected Node Ports. The Fibre Channel fabric routes the frames based on the destination address as well as other information embedded in the Fibre Channel frame header. Node Ports are attached to the Fibre Channel Fabric through links.
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