Methods for aggregating cells transported in a bonded group
US7321590B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 15, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5681
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Transporting an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) stream through a bonding group involves properly splitting the stream into sub-streams to fit into individual member bearer's bandwidth at the transmit end, and properly merging the sub-streams to reconstruct the stream at the receive end. At the receive end, the cells can be put together in the proper sequence in a process of cell aggregation based on attached sequence numbers. Once the stream is re-constructed, the attached sequence numbers are replaced by the original field contents of the ATM headers. Methods of cell aggregation are described that assist the bonding scheme in working efficiently.
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