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Method and apparatus for controlling two way communication via disparate physical media
Ed Beighe,Surjit Ahluwalia +1 more
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In this paper, the authors present a method and apparatus for controlling two-way communication via disparate physical media, consisting of a central processor, a forward channel interface, a return channel interface and a main memory, each coupled to a bus.Abstract:
A method and apparatus for controlling two way communication via disparate physical media. A computer comprises a central processor, a forward channel interface, a return channel interface, and a main memory, each being coupled to a bus. The forward channel interface is further coupled to interrupt the central processor and coupled to receive a packet from a forward channel. The main memory contains an interrupt service routine comprising a first set of code for passing the packet to a routine for decapsulating the packet and a second set of code for passing a second packet to the return channel interface. The method comprises a computer transferring a packet from a forward channel interface to a main memory. The central processor analyzes the packet to determine if the packet is a data packet or a network management packet. If the packet is a network management packet, the central processor creates a response packet and passes the response packet to a return channel interface.read more
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