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Transporting multiprotocol datagrams

US6990105B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 21, 1998
Grant dateJan 24, 2006
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Expiry dateSep 21, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/5656
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Point to point protocol (PPP) traffic is transported over an asynchronous transport link by encapsulating the traffic in AAL2 minicells and transporting the minicells in a single virtual circuit. Minicells from a number of users can be multiplexed in the same virtual circuit.

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