Patent ID: 8483246
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: H04J

Abstract:
1. A method for bit-level multiplexing low-speed Ethernet channels onto a high-speed channel, comprising: receiving a plurality of low-speed Ethernet channels; in response to determining that the low-speed Ethernet channels comprise eight serial bit streams, deriving ten serial bit streams from the low-speed Ethernet channels by feeding the low-speed Ethernet channels as eight bit streams in parallel into an in response to determining that the low-speed Ethernet channels comprise ten serial bit streams, marking a reference channel in the low-speed Ethernet channels with a special bit pattern to provide a marked reference channel, the special bit pattern being useable for aligning each unmarked channel in the plurality of low-speed Ethernet channels based upon its relative position with regard to the marked reference channel; sending the ten serial bit streams in parallel to a serializer; and transmitting an output of the serializer onto the high-speed channel.