All Products for US Patent 6711138 - Digital subscriber line/home phoneline network router

Inventor(s): Pai; Prasan (Mission Viejo, CA), Burd; Nick C. (Irvine, CA), Strong; Kevin V. (Irvine, CA), Henderson; P. Michael (Tustin, CA)

Owner: Conexant Systems, Inc. (Newport Beach, CA)

Filing Date: September 30, 1999

Issue Date: March 23, 2004

Abstract: 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 phoneline 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.