Method of establishing a flow in an ATM based MPOA network
US6633542B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 29, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 14, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5669
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of controlling the route used for a flow in an environment comprising a default routing path and a shortcut path in an MPOA enabled ATM based network. A data field is added to the Ingress Cache table in the Ingress MPOA Client (I-MPC) to indicate whether the flow is to be routed through an MPOA shortcut towards the Egress MPOA Client (E-MPC) or is to be routed through the default path towards the Ingress MPOA Server (I-MPS). A first embodiment comprises a method of controlling the routing of a data flow from a source to a destination for security purposes. A second embodiment comprises a method of load sharing a plurality of data flows. A third embodiment comprises a method of learning about past MPOA resolution successes and failures and utilizing past establishment history to bypass the MPOA resolution process.
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