Multi-Component Compatible Data Architecture
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1. A network comprising:
- a first line card configured to send a data stream via an Ethernet interface, wherein the data stream comprises an Ethernet packet data and a time division multiplexed (TDM) data;
a second line card configured to receive the data stream via the Ethernet interface;
a third line card configured to send the data stream via a SONET/SDH interface; and
a fourth line card configured to receive the data stream via the SONET/SDH interface,wherein the first line card, the second line card, the third line card, and the fourth line card are synchronized to an absolute time.
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Abstract
A backbone network, comprising a first switch comprising a first port configured to communicate a data stream via an Ethernet interface, and a second port configured to communicate the data stream via a SONET/SDH interface, and a second switch comprising a third port configured to receive the data stream from the first switch via the Ethernet interface, wherein the first switch and the second switch are synchronized.
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1. A network comprising:
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a first line card configured to send a data stream via an Ethernet interface, wherein the data stream comprises an Ethernet packet data and a time division multiplexed (TDM) data; a second line card configured to receive the data stream via the Ethernet interface; a third line card configured to send the data stream via a SONET/SDH interface; and a fourth line card configured to receive the data stream via the SONET/SDH interface, wherein the first line card, the second line card, the third line card, and the fourth line card are synchronized to an absolute time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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sending, by a first line card, a data stream via an Ethernet interface, wherein the data stream comprises an Ethernet packet data and a time division multiplexed data; receiving, by a second line card, the data stream via the Ethernet interface; sending, by a third line card, the data stream via a SONET/SDH interface; and receiving, by a fourth line card, the data stream via the SONET/SDH interface, synchronizing the first line card, the second line card, the third line card, and the fourth line card to an absolute time. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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