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Layered session data unit frame

US5148482A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 30, 1991
Grant dateSep 15, 1992
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Expiry dateMay 30, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L9/40
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A layered session data unit frame (300) is provided wherein a first frame (200), designated a session data unit("SDU"), containing user information (209), a link control field (205) and an encryption field (207), is divided into a plurality of smaller frames (321, 323), each having an information field and designated a link data unit("LDU"). According to the invention, the SDU user information (209) is allocated into the information fields (211, 213) of the plurality of LDU's. The SDU link control field (205) is divided into a plurality of sub-fields and imbedded into the information fields of a first group of LDU's. The SDU encryption field (207) is divided into a plurality of sub-fields and imbedded into the information fields of a second group of LDU's. The sub-fields may be distributed throughout the LDU's in a generally uniform fashion. For instance, where the user information comprises coded voice words, the sub-fields may be separated by 30 msec words such that voice may be produced during the transmission of the field without any audio delay.

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