Short cut forwarding of local cells-in-frames traffic within local-area-networks
US5999535A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 28, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5665
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An enhanced cells-in-frames (CIF) network system for connecting a local-area-network (LAN) to an ATM network consists of CIF end-stations and an enhanced CIF attachment-device attached to a LAN segment. The enhanced CIF attachment-device in addition to performing its conventional functions, recognizes connection requests between local CIF end-stations and sets up short-cut forwarding between such end stations allowing them to transfer CIF frames directly over the Ethernet. In a conventional system such local traffic would broken up into a plurality of cells and sent over an ATM network.
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