High-speed ring LAN system
US5103447A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 29, 1989 |
| Grant date | Apr 7, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5672
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A high-speed ring LAN capable of accommodating at least one public network having a signal transmission rate of 155.57 MHz, and at least one sub-LAN having a signal transmission rate of 100 MHz. The high-speed LAN has a signal transmission rate of 155.52 Mbps.times.n (n is an even number). SONET (Synchronous Optical NETwork) subframes each comprising a 9 bytes.times.9 section overhead area and a 261 bytes.times.9 virtual container 4 (VC-4) area flow in a time-divisional n-multiplexed format. The respective node devices inserted in the transmission path have one or more ports to accommodate sub-LANs or public networks. Information is exchanged in units of a fixed-length packet between a received SONET subframe and an asynchronous packet whereas information is exchanged in units of a byte between the SONET subframe and a synchronous port.
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