Patent · US Expired

Digital packet switching networks

US4918687A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 20, 1988
Grant dateApr 17, 1990
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Expiry dateSep 20, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J3/247
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a packet switching network, voice packets are made to include an EC field whose contents indicates whether the corresponding packet is eligible for clipping if required in a node queue within the network. Should clipping of a non eligible packet be required, then another bit field would be set in the following packet on same link to limit any possible clipping of successive packets on same link.

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