US 7,321,597 B2 | ||
Method and apparatus for remote network management over ethernet connections | ||
Hung Nguyen, Rohnert Park, Calif. (US); and Edward W. Boyd, Petaluma, Calif. (US) | ||
Assigned to Jeknouus, Inc., Petaluma, Calif. (US) | ||
Filed on Mar. 18, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/805,088. | ||
Prior Publication US 2005/0207450 A1, Sep. 22, 2005 | ||
Int. Cl. H04L 12/413 (2006.01); H04J 3/22 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 370—445 [370/465; 370/474] | 36 Claims |
1. A method for performing remote network management over an Ethernet connection between a local node and a remote node, wherein
the Ethernet connection uses x-bit/y-bit (xB/yB) encoding, the method comprising:
accepting a local Ethernet bit stream containing x-bit words at the local node;
forming a second bit stream which carries network control/management information;
selectively encoding the x-bit words from the local Ethernet bit stream into y-bit words according to the bits from the second
bit stream, thereby forming a third bit stream comprising y-bit words, wherein the third bit stream carries both information
from the Ethernet bit stream and information from the second bit stream; and
transmitting the third bit stream on a physical medium from the local node to the remote node.
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