Patent · US Expired

Method and device for transmitting and switching packets in an optical network

US5589967A · kind A · utility

51Cited by
4References
2Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateDec 27, 1994
Grant dateDec 31, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 27, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q2011/002
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention concerns a method for transmitting and switching packets in an optical network embodying a synchronous time-division multiplexing, the packets being transmitted at a given speed and the rate being determined by the line occupation time. The present invention also concerns a device for transmitting and switching packets in an optical network.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.