Layer one switching in a packet, cell, or frame-based network
US7324510B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 11, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/3018
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method are described for synchronizing store-and-forward networks and for scheduling and transmitting continuous, periodic, predictable, time-sensitive, or urgent information such as real-time and high-priority messages over those networks. This enables packet-, cell-, and/or frame-based networks to thereby efficiently switch voice, video, streaming, and other real-time or high-priority data at the layer one or physical level, thus ensuring that the delivery of selected information can be made fast, on-time, immediate, non-blocked, non-congested, loss-less, jitter-free, and have guaranteed delivery, and guaranteed quality of service.
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