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Method and circuit arrangement for transmitting a continuous bit stream upon involvement of an ATM network

US5343468A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 28, 1993
Grant dateAug 30, 1994
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Expiry dateJun 28, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/5652
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a method and circuit arrangement for transmitting a continuous bit stream upon involvement of an ATM network, the continuous bit stream appears with a transmission bit rate that is greater than a transmission bit rate respectively defined for inputs (E1, . . . ,En) and outputs (A1, . . . ,An) of the ATM network (KE). This continuous bit stream is subdivided into signal sections that, with respect to their bit plurality plus a defined plurality of information bits, correspond to the plurality of bits transmittable in the information part of a message cell as useful signals. In successive control cycles, a plurality of signal sections corresponding in number to the bit rate ratio of the appertaining transmission bit rates are respectively inserted into the information part of a message cell with a signal section sequence number that continuously varies attached to them. The message cells are then transmitted via different transmission paths within the ATM network and are subsequently joined again to form a continuous bit stream according to the measure of the signal section sequence numbers contained in the message cells.

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