Patent ID: 7317733
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
1. A small form factor transceiver module, comprising: a serial transfer interface for coupling an incoming serial data stream and an outgoing serial data stream with a host having a gigabit Ethernet (GE) data protocol; a transceiver for coupling said incoming serial data stream and said outgoing serial data stream to an external network having a time domain multiplexed (TDM) data protocol; a protocol converter coupling said serial transfer interface and said transceiver, said protocol converter operative to convert an incoming TDM serial data stream received from said external network into a GE serial data stream for said host, said protocol converter also operative to convert an outgoing GE serial data stream received from said host into a TDM serial data stream for said external network; wherein said protocol converter includes: a first protocol converter disposed along a first data path associated with said incoming serial data stream, comprising: a second protocol converter disposed along a second data path associated with said outgoing serial data stream, comprising: a serializer receiving an output of said framer to covert said parallel data stream into a serial TDM data stream; wherein said transceiver module is operative as both a transceiver and as a protocol converter.