Patent ID: 6608834
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of transporting Ethernet frames over a Very high speed Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) transport facility, said method comprising the steps of:receiving an input Ethernet frame data from an Ethernet compatible communication device; encapsulating said received Ethernet frame within a VDSL frame; inserting a preamble and length field in said VDSL frame; transmitting said VDSL frame over said VDSL transport facility asynchronously with respect to a transmit Start of Cell (SOC) signal; receiving VDSL frame data from said VDSL transport facility asynchronously with respect to a receive SOC signal; extracting said Ethernet frame from said received VDSL frame and generating an output Ethernet frame therefrom; and transmitting said output Ethernet frame to said Ethernet compatible communication device.