
(12)
United
States
Patent
Pai
et
al.
US006711138B1
(10)
Patent
N0.:
(45)
Date
of
Patent:
US
6,711,138
B1
Mar.
23,
2004
(54)
DIGITAL
SUBSCRIBER
LINE/HOME
PHONELINE
NETWORK
ROUTER
(75)
Inventors:
Prasan
Pai,
Mission
Viejo,
CA
(US);
Nick
C.
Burd,
Irvine,
CA
(US);
Kevin
V.
Strong,
Irvine,
CA
(US);
P.
Michael
Henderson,
Tustin,
CA
(US)
(73)
Assignee:
Conexant
Systems,
Inc.,
Newport
Beach,
CA
(US)
(
*
)
Notice:
Subject
to
any
disclaimer,
the
term
of
this
patent
is
extended
or
adjusted
under
35
U.S.C.
154(b)
by
0
days.
(21)
Appl.
No.:
09/408,639
(22)
Filed:
Sep.
30,
1999
(51)
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Cl.7
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370/352;
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370/466;
370/469;
710/313;
375/222
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OTHER
PUBLICATIONS
3COM®
O?ciceConnect®,
Remote
810
ADSL
Router
Datasheet,
@
1999.
Remote
810ADSL
Router;
3COM®,
http://www.3com.com/
products/dsheets/400499.html.
a
Cisco
675
SOHO/Telecommuter
ADSL
Router,
Cisco
Sys
tems
Datasheet,
@
1999.
WebRamp
500i,
@
1999
Ramp
Networks,
Inc.
Cisco
605
Personal
PCI
ADSL
Modem,
Cisco
Systems,
Datasheet,
@
1998.
WebRamp
Network
Architecture,
Ramp
Networks,
©
1997—1999,
http://www.rampnet.com/products/architec
ture.html.
82559
Fast
Ethernet
Multifunction
PCI
Controller,
Intel
Corporation
©
1999,
http://developer.intel.com/design/net
work/82559.htm.
21145
Phoneline/Ethernet
LAN
Controller,
Intel
Corpora
tion
@
1999,
http://developer.intel.com/design/network/
21145.htm.
Cisco
600
DSL
CPEs,
Cisco
Systems,
@
1992—1999,
http:
//cisco.com/warp/public/cc/cisco/mkt/access/cpe600/indeX.
shtml.
Simple,
High—Speea'
Ethernet
Technology
For
The
Home,
White
Paper,
Home
Phoneline
Networking
Alliance,
Jun.,
1998,
pp.
1—11.
*
cited
by
examiner
Primary
Examiner—Duc
Ho
(74)
Attorney,
Agent,
or
Firm—Akin
Gump
Strauss
Hauer
&
Feld,
LLP
(57)
A
digital
subscriber
line
(DSL)/home
phoneline
network
router
provides
DSL
connectivity
and
home
networking
support.
The
router
provides
a
single
phoneline
connection
(RJ-11
jack)
to
access
either
the
Internet
or
a
home
phone
line
network.
In
terms
of
hardware,
the
router
may
include
a
central
processing
unit,
a
DSL
modem,
and
a
home
phoneline
networking
device
(media
access
controller
and
home
phoneline
networking
physical
interface).
In
terms
of
software,
the
router
may
include
a
DSL
driver,
a
local
area
network
(LAN)
driver,
a
media
access
controller
driver,
network
routing
stacks
and
a
real
time
operating
system.
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