Patent ID: 8089960
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for handling data comprising: a plurality of data controllers, wherein each of the plurality of data controllers operates with parallel data, and wherein at least one of the plurality of data controllers operates at a different data rate as compared with at least another one of the plurality of data controllers; a framer communicatively connected to the plurality of data controllers, said framer being configured to form at least one data frame with the parallel data from the plurality of data controllers; and at least one serializer/deserializer device (SerDes) communicatively connected to the framer, said at least one SerDes being configured to receive the at least one data frame from the framer and produce a serial data stream from the at least one data frame, and to provide the serial data stream to another physical medium for transmission to a Destination; wherein a number of the plurality of data controllers is greater than a number of the at least one SerDes device.