Patents by Inventor Mark Laubach
Mark Laubach has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Upstream frame configuration for ethernet passive optical network protocol over coax (EPoC) networks
Patent number: 9860617Abstract: A method and system for generating upstream frames in an Ethernet Passive Optical Network protocol over Coax (EPoC) network is provided. Upstream frame configuration parameters are received by a CNU from a CLT in a link info broadcast a message. The CNU can recover the upstream frame configuration parameters from the link info broadcast message and generate at least in part upstream frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Mark Laubach, Avi Kliger, Yitshak Ohana, Ryan Hirth -
Patent number: 9479621Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for enabling a physical layer (PHY) link signaling channel between a network termination modem and a cable modem in a cable network. The PHY link signaling channel is embedded within the same multi-carrier channel as the data and enables PHY link up between the network termination modem and cable modern without involvement of higher layers (e.g., MAC). The PHY link signaling channel can be implemented in the downstream (from the network termination modem to the cable modem(s)) or in the upstream from a cable modem to the network termination modem. Embodiments are applicable to any known cable network, and particularly to cable networks implementing the DOCSIS and EPoC standards.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2015Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Avi Kliger, Yitshak Ohana, Niki Pantelias, Leo Montreuil, Jonathan S. Min, Edward Boyd, Mark Laubach, Victor Hou
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Publication number: 20150358437Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for enabling a physical layer (PHY) link signaling channel between a network termination modem and a cable modem in a cable network. The PHY link signaling channel is embedded within the same multi-carrier channel as the data and enables PHY link up between the network termination modem and cable modern without involvement of higher layers (e.g., MAC). The PHY link signaling channel can be implemented in the downstream (from the network termination modem to the cable modem(s)) or in the upstream from a cable modem to the network termination modem. Embodiments are applicable to any known cable network, and particularly to cable networks implementing the DOCSIS and EPoC standards.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Avi KLIGER, Yitshak Ohana, Niki Pantelias, Leo Montreuil, Jonathan S. Min, Edward Boyd, Mark Laubach, Victor Hou
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Upstream Frame Configuration For Ethernet Passive Optical Network Protocol Over Coax (EPoC) Networks
Publication number: 20150256284Abstract: A method and system for generating upstream frames in an Ethernet Passive Optical Network protocol over Coax (EPoC) network is provided. Upstream frame configuration parameters are received by a CNU from a CLT in a link info broadcast a message. The CNU can recover the upstream frame configuration parameters from the link info broadcast message and generate at least in part upstream frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Mark LAUBACH, Avi KLIGER, Yitshak OHANA, Ryan HIRTH -
Patent number: 9118444Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for enabling a physical layer (PHY) link signaling channel between a network termination modem and a cable modem in a cable network. The PHY link signaling channel is embedded within the same multi-carrier channel as the data and enables PHY link up between the network termination modem and cable modem without involvement of higher layers (e.g., MAC). The PHY link signaling channel can be implemented in the downstream (from the network termination modem to the cable modem(s)) or in the upstream from a cable modem to the network termination modem. Embodiments are applicable to any known cable network, and particularly to cable networks implementing the DOCSIS and EPoC standards.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Avi Kliger, Yitshak Ohana, Niki Pantelias, Leo Montreuil, Jonathan S. Min, Edward Boyd, Mark Laubach, Victor Hou
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Publication number: 20150046775Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling encoding/decoding schemes that satisfy the IEEE 802.3 Mean Time To False Packet Acceptance (MTTFPA) requirement in an Ethernet Passive Optical Network over Coax (EPoC) are described. The proposed encoding/decoding schemes assume existing Medium Access Control (MAC) layer Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) encoding/decoding, thereby requiring no changes in the Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) MAC protocol, but increase error protection in the EPoC physical layer (PHY) to meet the MTTFPA requirement without sacrificing desired Ethernet frame loss ratios and downstream/upstream data rates for EPoC.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Richard Prodan, Bazhong Shen, Mark Laubach
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Publication number: 20140079102Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for enabling a physical layer (PHY) link signaling channel between a network termination modem and a cable modem in a cable network. The PHY link signaling channel is embedded within the same multi-carrier channel as the data and enables PHY link up between the network termination modem and cable modem without involvement of higher layers (e.g., MAC). The PHY link signaling channel can be implemented in the downstream (from the network termination modem to the cable modem(s)) or in the upstream from a cable modem to the network termination modem. Embodiments are applicable to any known cable network, and particularly to cable networks implementing the DOCSiS and EPoC standards.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Inventors: Avi KLIGER, Yitshak Ohana, Niki Pantelias, Leo Montreuil, Jonathan S. Min, Edward Boyd, Mark Laubach, Victor Hou
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Patent number: 6081533Abstract: A method for enhancing the functionalities of a subscriber terminal unit (STU) or ADSL terminal unit (ATU) through the use of different types of application interface modules (AIMs). This is accomplished by incorporating a slot in the STU/ATU through which a detachable AIM can be inserted and electrically coupled to the STU/ATU. The STU/ATU has circuitry for determining which particular type of AIM has been inserted. Depending on the type of AIM that has been inserted in the STU/ATU (e.g., installation, telephony, diagnostics, network interface, television, etc.), management information specific to the particular AIM is sent by the STU/ATU upstream to the headend unit. In response, the headend unit provides applications service(s) to the STU/ATU, depending on the particular type of device inserted into the subscriber terminal unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 1997Date of Patent: June 27, 2000Assignee: Com21, Inc.Inventors: Mark Laubach, Paul Baran, Ali Raissinia, Kenneth Gorman, Sanford Helton
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Patent number: 6075972Abstract: A two-way CATV network having a radio return path. A cable headend controller is used to control downstream as well as upstream communications over the two-way CATV network. Downstream signals are sent to subscribers' cable modems through conventional coaxial cables. On the upstream side, a signal generated at a first frequency by an interactive cable modem. This signal is then sent to a transmitter applique, which converts the signal to a second frequency. The signal is then transmitted through a wireless segment at this second frequency to a receiver applique. The receiver applique converts the transmitted signal into a third frequency. In some cases, the third frequency is the same as the third frequency. Eventually, the upstream signal is sent to the headend controller. Throughout the entire upstream transmission process, the same signal is maintained; only its frequency is changed.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1998Date of Patent: June 13, 2000Assignee: COM21, Inc.Inventors: Mark Laubach, Paul Baran
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Patent number: 5870134Abstract: A two-way CATV network having a radio return path. A cable headend controller is used to control downstream as well as upstream communications over the two-way CATV network. Downstream signals are sent to subscribers' cable modems through conventional coaxial cables. On the upstream side, a signal generated at a first frequency by an interactive cable modem. This signal is then sent to a transmitter applique, which converts the signal to a second frequency. The signal is then transmitted through a wireless segment at this second frequency to a receiver applique. The receiver applique converts the transmitted signal into a third frequency. In some cases, the first frequency is the same as the third frequency. Eventually, the upstream signal is sent to the headend controller. Throughout the entire upstream transmission process, the same signal is maintained; only its frequency is changed.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1997Date of Patent: February 9, 1999Assignee: Com21, Inc.Inventors: Mark Laubach, Paul Baran