公开(公告)号：JP2002185419A

公开(公告)日：2002-06-28

申请号：JP2001312392

申请日：2001-10-10

Applicant: LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC

Inventor： HERNANDEZ-VALENCIA ENRIQUE ,  NEVIN JONES R

IPC: H04J3/00 ,  H04J3/16 ,  H04L12/56

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an alternative encoding mechanism based on a variable length protocol data unit(PDU) providing a more efficient encoding for a byte/bit synchronous transport medium than a block encoded format. SOLUTION: A fiber channel(FC) signal representative of block encoded data is provided to a block decoder. The block decoder removes block encoding from the data. The data is provided to an SDL(simplified data link) protocol encoder. The SDL protocol encoder maps the data to an SDL protocol packet for the purpose of transmission through an SONET(Synchronous Optical Network).