Multiplex communications – Communication techniques for information carried in plural... – Combining or distributing information via time channels
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-19
2011-04-19
Phan, Man (Department: 2475)
Multiplex communications
Communication techniques for information carried in plural...
Combining or distributing information via time channels
C370S347000, C370S465000, C370S541000, C709S223000
Reexamination Certificate
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07929573
ABSTRACT:
Network management information (NMI) contained in a first set of byte locations of a received frame is relocated to a second set of byte locations of another frame. The NMI is then transported through network elements using the second set of byte locations until the NMI is to be transported to a compatible network element, which can understand the NMI. At which time, the NMI is relocated back to the first set of byte locations of frames destined for the compatible network element. The relocation of the NMI from a first set of byte locations to a second set of byte locations allows the NMI to be transparently transported through incompatible network elements.
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Elliott Paul M.
Le Phu Son
Roberson Charles Scott
Campbell Stephenson LLP
Cisco Technology Inc.
Phan Man
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