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Translation process for an ATM cell header

US6327261A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 24, 1998
Grant dateDec 4, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 24, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/5619
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for translating an ATM cell header for the routing thereof over a transmission highway of a communication network via an ATM switch, consisting in having the switch translate the pair (VPI, VCI) contained in the cell header, the first field VPI identifying a virtual path number and the second field VCI selecting a specified virtual channel within the virtual path.

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