Patent · US Expired

Supporting multiple point-to-point sessions between network devices on an ATM backbone

US6981064B1 · kind B1 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Amit Phadnis · Savanuru, IN
Pankaj Vyas · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 15, 2001
Grant date	Dec 27, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 28, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2012/5679
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Data related to multiple point-to-point sessions is transmitted on a single virtual circuit of a ATM based network. In an embodiment implemented in accordance with ATM Adaptation Layer 2 (AAL2), the data related to each session is transported on a channel of the AAL2 virtual circuit. As the intermediate devices in the virtual circuit path merely need to maintain tables for one virtual circuit, the overhead on the devices may be minimized. By assigning data of a session to a channel provided by an adaptation layer, addition fields or higher level protocols may not be needed to transport the data related to the sessions.

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