STANDARDIZED HOT-PLUGGABLE TRNSCEIVING UNIT WITH CONTROL PLANE FUNCTIONALITIES

摘要

A standardized hot-pluggable transceiving unit comprising a housing, aconnector and a processing unit. The housing has specific standardizeddimensions and can be inserted into a chassis of a hosting unit. The connectorreceives an IP flow. The processing unit processes packets of the IP flowbased ona control plane message. The control plane message is received by theconnectorreceiving the IP flow or by another connector of the transceiving unit. Theprocessing unit may further generate a report or an alarm related to the IPflow, fortransmission by the transceiving unit. The IP flow may for example transport avideo payload. A system comprising a chassis and the transceiving unit is alsodisclosed. The chassis comprises a processing unit capable of processingpacketsof IP flows. The transceiving unit is inserted into the chassis and exchangesdatawith the processing unit of the chassis.