Patent · US Expired

Communication network

US6418477B1 · kind B1 · utility

69Cited by
5References
24Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateNov 15, 1996
Grant dateJul 9, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 15, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L45/00
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communications network for transmitting at least one information packet between a source node and a destination node of the network. The network includes an information cluster transmittable between the source node and the destination node and for having attached thereto an information packet. The information packet is attachable to the information cluster at the source node when the information cluster is at the source node and detachable from said information cluster at the destination node when the information cluster is at the destination node.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.