Patent ID: 8774639

Claim:
A method comprising: at an enhanced small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) transceiver module, receiving a reception data signal at a data rate of 40 gigabits per second (40G); sending the reception data signal to a transceiver bidirectional transmission unit across a plurality of reception data channels, wherein the transceiver bidirectional transmission unit comprises a first SFP+ connector unit configured to interface with a second SFP+ connector unit of an SFP+ host port; sending the reception data signal from the transceiver bidirectional transmission unit to the second SFP+ connector unit of the SFP+ host port via the first SFP+ connector unit; and configuring a pair of signal pins on the first SFP+ connector unit to operate as shared power supply pins and signal transmission pins to enable transmission of the reception data signal to the SFP+ host port.