ATM communications system and method
US6714543B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 25, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5672
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for multiplexing traffic from a plurality of fixed bit rate sources over an ATM network. The traffic from the fixed bit rate users is multiplexed to form a TDM trunk group which is assembled into AAL2 minicells prior to being converted to ATM cells for transmission on the ATM network. By combining the fixed rate traffic sources into a TDM trunk group and then mapping the trunk group into AAL2 minicells, it is possible to improve efficiency of fixed bit rate traffic transmission using the ATM protocol.
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