US 11,728,893 B1
Method, system, and apparatus for packet transmission
Michael Sluyski, Maynard, MA (US)
Assigned to Acacia Communications, Inc., Maynard, MA (US)
Filed by Acacia Communications, Inc., Maynard, MA (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/161,200.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/966,611, filed on Jan. 28, 2020.
Int. Cl. H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2022.01); H04L 47/20 (2022.01); H04L 47/6275 (2022.01); H04L 47/6295 (2022.01); H04L 47/32 (2022.01)
CPC H04B 10/40 (2013.01) [H04L 47/20 (2013.01); H04L 47/32 (2013.01); H04L 47/6275 (2013.01); H04L 47/6295 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packet aware (L2/L3) coherent optical transceiver comprising:
an ethernet data input MAC that feeds into a map;
a packet buffer, wherein the map maps data into the packet buffer; and
a packet parser with access to packet buffer and with logic enabled to:
parse incoming frames;
read priority information in headers of the frames;
classify the frames by information contained in headers of the frames; and
perform an action on the classification.