Virtual path shaping
US6163542A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 5, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 19, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 5, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/568
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for shaping ATM cell traffic emitted onto a virtual path connection in an ATM network are described. Component virtual channel connections are arbitrated at an aggregation point utilizing a hierarchical, multi-level arbitration technique. The technique provides both virtual path shaping and controllability of underlying virtual channel connections with an improved fairness performance amongst all the aggregating virtual channel connections.
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