Method and apparatus for providing a gigabit ethernet circuit pack

Abstract

Method and system for providing data transmission with transparency over the Gigabit Ethernet data stream includes receiving the 10 bit code with a data rate of 1,250 Mbits/second from the encoded 8B/10B data and arbitrarily selecting 9 bit codes using a look-up translation table which can fully represent the 10 bit codes received. The translated 9 bit codes with a data rate of 1,125 Mbits/second is then provided to eight STS-3 inverse multiplexer which inverse multiplexes the received codes into eight STS-3 data streams each with a data rate of 155.52 Mbits/second plus an offset Δ which are then provided to the modem for transmission to the far end via the optical transmission path.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A method of transporting data through a data network, comprising the steps of: 
 receiving an encoded data;    mapping said received data to a predetermined data; and    multiplexing said mapped predetermined data.    
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said encoded data includes 8B/10B encoded data.  
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2  wherein said encoded data includes one of a Gigabit Ethernet data and a Fiber Channel data.  
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said step of receiving further includes the step of determining a data rate of said received encoded data.  
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4  wherein said step of receiving further includes the step of recovering a clock signal from said received encoded data.  
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5  wherein said clock signal has a rate one tenth of said data rate.  
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  wherein predetermined data includes a 9-bit data.  
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7  wherein said 9-bit data includes one of an arbitrary set of 9-bit data.  
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said multiplexing step includes the step of synchronizing said multiplexed predetermined data.  
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9  wherein said multiplexed predetermined data is synchronized to a predetermined clock signal.  
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10  wherein said predetermined clock signal includes a phase locked loop clock signal.  
     
     
         12 . An apparatus for providing data transport through a data network, comprising: 
 a clock recovery unit configured to receive an encoded data;    a data translation unit coupled to said clock recovery unit, configured to translate said received data to a predetermined data; and    an inverse multiplexer coupled to said data translation unit, configured to inverse multiplex said translated predetermined data.    
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 12  wherein said encoded data includes 8B/10B encoded data.  
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 13  wherein said encoded data includes one of a Gigabit Ethernet data and a Fiber Channel data.  
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 12  wherein said clock recovery unit is further configured to detect a data rate of said received encoded data.  
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 15  wherein said clock recovery unit is further configured to recover a clock signal from said received encoded data.  
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 16  wherein said clock signal has a rate one tenth of said data rate.  
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 12  wherein predetermined data includes a 9-bit data.  
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 18  wherein said 9-bit data includes one of an arbitrary set of 9-bit data.  
     
     
         20 . The apparatus of  claim 12  wherein said inverse multiplexer is further configured to synchronize said multiplexed predetermined data to a predetermined clock signal.  
     
     
         21 . The apparatus of  claim 20  wherein said predetermined clock signal includes a phase locked loop clock signal.  
     
     
         22 . The apparatus of  claim 12  further including a modem coupled to said inverse multiplexer configured to receive said inverse multiplexed translated predetermined data for transmission.  
     
     
         23 . The apparatus of  claim 22  wherein said inverse multiplexed translated predetermined data includes a plurality of STS-3 signals.  
     
     
         24 . The apparatus of  claim 23  wherein said plurality of STS-3 signals includes eight STS-3 signals for transmission.  
     
     
         25 . An apparatus for providing data transport in a network, comprising: 
 a demultiplexer configured to demultiplex received data;    a data translation unit coupled to said multiplexer configured to translate said demultiplexed data to a predetermined data; and    a serializer coupled to said data translation unit configured to receive said translated predetermined data and accordingly to generate a corresponding encoded data.    
     
     
         26 . The apparatus of  claim 25  wherein said received data includes a plurality of STS-3 signals.  
     
     
         27 . The apparatus of  claim 26  wherein said plurality of STS-3 signals includes eight STS-3 signals.  
     
     
         28 . The apparatus of  claim 26  further including a plurality of FIFOs each configured to frame align said each of STS-3 signals, said frame aligned STS-3 signals corresponding to said received signal.  
     
     
         29 . The apparatus of  claim 25  wherein said demultiplexed data includes a 9-bit data.  
     
     
         30 . The apparatus of  claim 29  wherein said 9-bit data has a data rate of 1,125 Mbits/second.  
     
     
         31 . The apparatus of  claim 29  wherein said demultiplexer is further configured to perform parity checks on said received data.  
     
     
         32 . The apparatus of  claim 25  wherein said predetermined data includes a 10-bit data.  
     
     
         33 . The apparatus of  claim 25  wherein said serializer is configured to synchronize the translated predetermined data.  
     
     
         34 . The apparatus of  claim 33  wherein said translated predetermined data includes a 10-bit data.  
     
     
         35 . The apparatus of  claim 34  wherein said 10-bit data has a data rate of 1,250 Mbits/second.  
     
     
         36 . The apparatus of  claim 35  wherein said encoded data includes an 8B/10B encoded data.  
     
     
         37 . A method for providing data transport in a network, comprising the steps of: 
 demultiplexing a received data;    translating said demultiplexed data to a predetermined data; and    generating a corresponding encoded data based on said translated predetermined data.    
     
     
         38 . The method of  claim 37  wherein said received data includes a plurality of STS-3 signals.  
     
     
         39 . The method of  claim 38  wherein said plurality of STS-3 signals includes eight STS-3 signals.  
     
     
         40 . The method of  claim 38  further including the step of frame aligning said each of STS-3 signals, said frame aligned STS-3 signals corresponding to said received data for demultiplexing.  
     
     
         41 . The method of  claim 37  wherein said demultiplexed data includes a 9-bit data.  
     
     
         42 . The method of  claim 41  wherein said 9-bit data has a data rate of 1,125 Mbits/second.  
     
     
         43 . The method of  claim 41  further including the step of performing parity checks on said received data.  
     
     
         44 . The method of  claim 37  wherein said predetermined data includes a 10-bit data.  
     
     
         45 . The method of  claim 37  further including the step of synchronizing the translated predetermined data.  
     
     
         46 . The method of  claim 45  wherein said translated predetermined data includes a 10-bit data.  
     
     
         47 . The method of  claim 46  wherein said 10-bit data has a data rate of 1,250 Mbits/second.  
     
     
         48 . The method of  claim 47  wherein said encoded data includes an 8B/10B encoded data.