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Asynchronous transfer mode communication with inverse multiplexing over multiple communication links

US5970067A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 5, 1996
Grant dateOct 19, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 5, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/5675
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An asynchronous transfer mode inverse multiplexed communication system is disclosed wherein a series of communication cells are multiplexed over a set of communication links. Each communication cell includes a framing bit of a predetermined framing bit stream for each communication link and a control channel bit of a control message for each communication link. Inbound communication cells from each communication link are aligned according to the corresponding framing bit stream. The control message specifies an ordered list of logical identifiers to indicate a multiplexed sequence of transfer of the communication cells over the communication links.

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