Patent ID: 7028133

Claim:
A system for extension of communications between a USB host and a USB device over an extended distance, comprising: a USB-compliant near-end link coupled to the USB host; a USB-compliant far-end link coupled to the USB device; a near-end extender unit coupled to the near-end link; and a non-USB communications channel connecting the near-end extender unit to a far-end extender unit to define a relay extension; the near-end extender unit including means for translating communications received from the USB host from a USB-compliant reflective signal to a first terminated signal and means for transmitting the first terminated signal via the non-USB communications channel; the far-end extender unit coupled to the far-end link and including means for translating communications received from the near end extender unit as the first terminated signal via the non-USB communications channel back to a USB-compliant reflective signal and relaying the USB-compliant reflective signal to the USB device.