ATM cells within frame relay technology
US5987034A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 30, 1996 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/567
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A frame relay communications network consists of a number of interconnected nodes. The network nodes include segmentation and reassembly device for fragmenting variable length frames of user data into packets of a predefined length. A preferred embodiment uses ATM AAL5 segmentation and reassembly to construct cells. Header and trailer information is added to each of the cells for transport across the frame relay network.
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