Patent ID: 11876663
Assignee: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A physical layer (PHY) translator, comprising:
a first port configured to (a) receive first physical data symbols from a first communication medium and (b) provide second physical data symbols to the first communication medium;
a second port configured to (a) provide the first physical data symbols to a second communication medium that is a different type of communication medium than the first communication medium and (b) receive the second physical data symbols from the second communication medium;
first circuitry configured to translate the first physical data symbols received from the first communication medium to a form suitable for transmission by the second communication medium, without converting the first physical data symbols into transmission entities; and
second circuitry configured to translate the second physical data symbols received from the second communication medium to a form suitable for transmission by the first communication medium, without converting the second physical data symbols into transmission entities.