Pseudo synchronous transport mechanism in a communication network
US4799219A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 24, 1987 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/64
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A pseudo synchronous mechanism is used in the nodes of a communication network for exchanging non-character coded information (NCI) and potentially character coded information on inter node links. Communication is performed in frames comprising circuit slots devoted to the transportation of character coded information. The circuit slots are assigned to circuit users on a per-call basis under control of node management apparatus. The slots are qualified by at least one qualification bit (Caq) which indicates, when set to a first value (0) that the users are momentarily active and when set to a second value (1) that the users are momentarily inactive. The node mechanism includes a store in which queues of storing positions are assigned to the circuit users attached to the node. The circuit user information to be sent on the network internode links or received from the internode links is stored in the store. The node mechanism further includes an internode adapter which controls the generation and reception of the frames to and from each internode link. The adapter operates under control of a node manager which assigns on a per-call basis, a set of at least one slot in the frames tran…
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