Process for operating a communication equipment comprising a set of mechanically connected apparatuses being vertically and horizontally packed, and apparatus using the same
US5959992A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 20, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 28, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/445
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A process for operating a communication equipment having a set of mechanically connected apparatuses being vertically and horizontally packed. Each apparatus comprises telecommunication functions such as echo cancellation, data compression or ISDN gateway, as well as vertical and horizontal mechanical and communication connections respectively allowing the vertical and horizontal exchanges of frames with neighboring apparatuses. The communication is based on a frame comprising n bytes routing header with n being an integer and an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) cell.
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