Patent ID: 6925083
Filing Date: 2005-08-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a storage medium; a bus coupled with the storage medium; a processor coupled with the bus; a BMAP unit and a modem identification unit coupled to the bus; a network controller coupled with the bus; a broadband modem access protocol (BMAP)-compliant broadband modem coupled with the network controller via a connection, wherein the broadband modem is identified and selected from a plurality of broadband modems using said BMAP unit including said modem identification unit corresponding to the broadband modem; and an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) unit, coupled with the bus, the ATM unit to perform at least one of the following: ATM signaling, segmentation, and re-assembly procedures on ATM cells forwarded between the broadband modem and the network controller.