Patent ID: 6944190
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: H04J

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: configuring a backplane to communicatively connect a cross-connect card to a device interface card; receiving bits in a parallel signal at a first bit rate; converting the parallel signal into multiple serial signals; and transmitting the multiple serial signals including the received bits over the backplane at a second bit rate, thereby communicating data between the cross-connect card and the device interface card, wherein the second bit rate is different than the first bit rate, wherein stuffing data is added to the received bits in the multiple serial signals such that the number of the multiple serial signals multiplied by the first bit rate is equal to the second bit rate, wherein the bits are received as SONET/SDH framed data in the parallel signal, and wherein the converting of the parallel signal into the multiple serial signals allows the backplane to be less complex.