Patent ID: 8837712
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An Ethernet extension device for extending Ethernet over twisted pair comprising: at least one Ethernet port for providing an Ethernet interface for receiving Ethernet signals from and transmitting Ethernet signals to an Ethernet cable connected thereto; one or more twisted pair ports, each of the twisted pair ports providing an interface to tip and ring conductors of a telephone network for receiving telephone network signals from and transmitting telephone network signals to a corresponding twisted pair of the telephone network; a twisted pair transceiver for receiving telephone network signals from at least one of the twisted pair ports; an Ethernet transceiver for receiving Ethernet signals from the Ethernet port, each of the twisted pair transceiver and the Ethernet transceiver comprising a communication interface device for communicating with each other, each communication interface device in the twisted pair transceiver and in the Ethernet transceiver having a compatible signal converting device for processing, respectively, the telephone network signals and the Ethernet signals into a compatible signal format that is used by both of the twisted pair transceiver and the Ethernet transceiver, the Ethernet transceiver and the twisted pair transceiver each being operable to format their respective processed signals for transmission to the Ethernet port and at least one of the twisted pair ports; and at least one of a single plug-in card dimensioned for deployment in a single card slot in a shelf of a telecommunications equipment bay, and a standard electrical wall box; wherein the at least one Ethernet port, the one or more twisted pair ports, the twisted pair transceiver, and the Ethernet transceiver are provided on the plug-in card or in the wall box.