Patents by Inventor Peter B. Schmitz

Peter B. Schmitz 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CIRCUIT EMULATION WITH INTEGRATED NETWORK DIAGNOSTICS AND REDUCED FORM FACTOR IN LARGE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20130077499
    Abstract: An multiservice access device (MAD) for Ethernet and DS1/DS3 services is provided for public communications carriers (telcos), for example, and has a reduced form factor (e.g., Type 400 NCTE mechanics or small enclosure), at least two 2.5 Gb/1 Gb facility side ports, at least four full rate GigE drops, complementary RJ48C demarcation and stub-ended DS1 cable options, integral T1 NIUs for in-band loopback, NPRM, SPRM, AIS/AIS-CI and RAI/RAI-CI diagnostics, lightning protection, and protection switching. The MAD has built-in SynchE and IEEE 1588 synchronization, and Stratum 3 and incoming DS1/DS3 synchronization capabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Peter B. Schmitz, David O. Corp, Natalie C. Ramsay