Network-based data transport architecture
First Claim
1. An apparatus for transporting data in a network-based data communication system, the apparatus comprising:
- a first network node comprising;
a first port couplable to at least a second network node for transferring data in a first format between the first and second network nodes; and
a processor operatively coupled to the first port, the processor being configurable to at least one of receive one or more frames of data and transmit one or more frames of data, the frames of data utilizing only a subset of a standard overhead processing portion when transferred between the first and second network nodes, the processor being configured such that utilizing only the subset of the overhead processing portion of the one or more data frames enables one or more functional blocks to be eliminated from the network-based data communication system, the one or more functional blocks being otherwise required for implementing substantially all of the overhead processing portion of the one or more data frames.
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Abstract
An apparatus for transporting data in a network-based data communication system includes a first network node comprising a first port couplable to at least a second network node for transferring data in a first format between the first and second network nodes. The first network node further includes a processor operatively coupled to the first port, the processor being configurable to receive one or more frames of data and/or transmit one or more frames of data, the frames of data having an overhead processing portion that is otherwise standard. The processor uses only a subset of the overhead processing portion and is configured such that utilizing only the subset of the overhead processing portion of the one or more data frames enables one or more functional blocks to be eliminated from the first network node, the one or more functional blocks being otherwise required for implementing substantially all of the overhead processing portion of the one or more data frames.
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22 Claims
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1. An apparatus for transporting data in a network-based data communication system, the apparatus comprising:
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a first network node comprising; a first port couplable to at least a second network node for transferring data in a first format between the first and second network nodes; and a processor operatively coupled to the first port, the processor being configurable to at least one of receive one or more frames of data and transmit one or more frames of data, the frames of data utilizing only a subset of a standard overhead processing portion when transferred between the first and second network nodes, the processor being configured such that utilizing only the subset of the overhead processing portion of the one or more data frames enables one or more functional blocks to be eliminated from the network-based data communication system, the one or more functional blocks being otherwise required for implementing substantially all of the overhead processing portion of the one or more data frames. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An integrated circuit including at least one apparatus for transporting data in a network-based data communication system, the at least one apparatus comprising:
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a first network node comprising; a first port couplable to at least a second network node for transferring data in a first format between the first and second network nodes; and a processor operatively coupled to the first port, the processor being configurable to at least one of receive one or more frames of data and transmit one or more frames of data, the frames of data using only a subset of a standard overhead processing portion when transferred between the first and second network nodes, the processor being configured such that utilizing only the subset of the overhead processing portion of the one or more data frames enables one or more functional blocks to be eliminated from the network-based data communication system, the one or more functional blocks being otherwise required for implementing substantially all of the overhead processing portion of the one or more data frames. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An interface circuit for transporting data in a network-based data communication system between a first network node and at least a second network node, the interface circuit comprising:
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a first port couplable to the second network node for transferring data in a first format between the first and second network nodes; and a processor operatively coupled to the first port, the processor being configurable to at least one of receive one or more frames of data and transmit one or more frames of data, the frames of data using only a subset of a standard overhead processing portion when transferred between the first and second network nodes, the processor being configured such that utilizing only the subset of the overhead processing portion of the one or more data frames enables one or more functional blocks to be eliminated from the network-based data communication system, the one or more functional blocks being otherwise required for implementing substantially all of the overhead processing portion of the one or more data frames. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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