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1. A network demarcation device, said network demarcation device comprising:
- a network demarcation module on a system-on-chip circuit;
a short form factor pluggable optical module;
wherein said network demarcation module is mounted to said short form factor pluggable optical module'"'"'s circuit board;
wherein electrical power for said network demarcation module is provided by said short form factor pluggable optical module, without having a separate external power supply;
wherein said network demarcation module comprises at least two ports, with at least one of said at least two ports having its own media access control and physical layers;
wherein a management function module, comprising a management software, is operated on said network demarcation module;
said management function module supports all following functions;
a) connectivity check function,b) service level loop back function,c) media conversion function, andd) in-band management function, to manage from a remote location;
wherein said in-band management function is configured via a simple network management protocol or a network management system interface;
wherein said network demarcation device is located between a service provider and a customer equipment;
wherein said service provider directly monitors, manages, or checks a status and health of connections and services for said customer equipment through said network demarcation device.
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Abstract
In this application, we have the following examples: (1) Integrating the NID functionality in to the small foot-print of an SFP Module, with one or more of the features below: a) Mounting a NID SoC IC to an existing SFP Printed Circuit Board (PCB); b) Using the power from the SFP module, without requiring separate external power; c) NID SoC having only 2 ports, each with its own MAC and possibly PHY layer; d) NID SoC having an embedded microprocessor, RAM and ROM. Many examples and applications are provided.
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1. A network demarcation device, said network demarcation device comprising:
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a network demarcation module on a system-on-chip circuit; a short form factor pluggable optical module; wherein said network demarcation module is mounted to said short form factor pluggable optical module'"'"'s circuit board; wherein electrical power for said network demarcation module is provided by said short form factor pluggable optical module, without having a separate external power supply; wherein said network demarcation module comprises at least two ports, with at least one of said at least two ports having its own media access control and physical layers; wherein a management function module, comprising a management software, is operated on said network demarcation module; said management function module supports all following functions; a) connectivity check function, b) service level loop back function, c) media conversion function, and d) in-band management function, to manage from a remote location; wherein said in-band management function is configured via a simple network management protocol or a network management system interface; wherein said network demarcation device is located between a service provider and a customer equipment; wherein said service provider directly monitors, manages, or checks a status and health of connections and services for said customer equipment through said network demarcation device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A network demarcation device, said network demarcation device comprising:
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a network demarcation module on a system-on-chip circuit; a short form factor pluggable optical module; wherein said network demarcation module is mounted to said short form factor pluggable optical module'"'"'s circuit board; wherein electrical power for said network demarcation module is provided by said short form factor pluggable optical module, without having a separate external power supply; wherein said network demarcation module comprises at least two ports, with at least one of said at least two ports having its own media access control and physical layers; wherein a management function module, comprising a management software, is operated on said network demarcation module; said management function module supports all following functions; a) simple link level loop back function, b) service level loop back function, c) media conversion function, and d) in-band management function, to manage from a remote location; wherein said in-band management function is configured via a simple network management protocol or a network management system interface; wherein said network demarcation device is located between a service provider and a customer equipment; wherein said service provider directly monitors, manages, or checks a status and health of connections and services for said customer equipment through said network demarcation device.
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22. A network demarcation device, said network demarcation device comprising:
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a network demarcation module on a system-on-chip circuit; a short form factor pluggable optical module; wherein said network demarcation module is mounted to said short form factor pluggable optical module'"'"'s circuit board; wherein electrical power for said network demarcation module is provided by said short form factor pluggable optical module, without having a separate external power supply; wherein said network demarcation module comprises at least two ports, with at least one of said at least two ports having its own media access control and physical layers; wherein a management function module, comprising a management software, is operated on said network demarcation module; said management function module supports all following functions; a) connectivity check function, b) simple link level loop back function, c) media conversion function, and d) in-band management function, to manage from a remote location; wherein said in-band management function is configured via a simple network management protocol or a network management system interface; wherein said network demarcation device is located between a service provider and a customer equipment; wherein said service provider directly monitors, manages, or checks a status and health of connections and services for said customer equipment through said network demarcation device.
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