Christopher T Shaver

US Patent:

8036237, Oct 11, 2011

Filed:

Dec 14, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/956640

Inventors:

Raja Kolli - Irvine TX, US
Garrett Mead - Las Vegas NV, US
John Reister - Palo Alto CA, US
Christopher J. Shaver - San Diego CA, US
Wendell Sun - San Diego CA, US
Mark Tiedeman - Poway CA, US

Assignee:

Tut Systems, Inc. - Pleasanton CA

International Classification:

H04L 12/28

US Classification:

370409, 370352, 3703951, 37039542

Abstract:

A transparent routing device disposed within an access network configured in accordance with one or more lower-layer protocols is disclosed herein. The device includes a set of subscriber-side ports. Each of the subscriber-side ports is associated with a plurality of virtual subscriber-side interfaces disposed to effectively terminate a corresponding plurality of subscriber-side connections with subscriber host devices served by the access network. The device further includes at least one network-side port through which communication occurs with an external network in accordance with a higher-layer protocol. A routing table is configured to establish a correspondence between network addresses of the subscriber host devices and the plurality of virtual subscriber-side interfaces. During operation of the device, packets received through the at least one network-side port are forwarded to corresponding ones of the virtual subscriber-side interfaces based upon network addresses of the packets.

US Patent:

8451833, May 28, 2013

Filed:

Dec 14, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/956652

Inventors:

Raja Kolli - Irvine TX, US
Garrett Mead - Las Vegas NV, US
John Reister - Palo Alto CA, US
Christopher J. Shaver - San Diego CA, US
Wendell Sun - San Diego CA, US
Mark Tiedeman - Poway CA, US

Assignee:

Motorola Mobility LLC - Libertyville IL

International Classification:

H04L 12/28

US Classification:

370389, 709220

Abstract:

A transparent routing device disposed within an access network configured in accordance with one or more lower-layer protocols is disclosed herein. The device includes a set of subscriber-side ports. Each of the subscriber-side ports is associated with a plurality of virtual subscriber-side interfaces disposed to effectively terminate a corresponding plurality of subscriber-side connections with subscriber host devices served by the access network. The device further includes at least one network-side port through which communication occurs with an external network in accordance with a higher-layer protocol. A routing table is configured to establish a correspondence between network addresses of the subscriber host devices and the plurality of virtual subscriber-side interfaces. During operation of the device, packets received through the at least one network-side port are forwarded to corresponding ones of the virtual subscriber-side interfaces based upon network addresses of the packets.