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Intra-station control system for connectionless communications system

US7551612B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 26, 1999
Grant dateJun 23, 2009
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Expiry dateMar 26, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/5652
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A switch station including an ATM switch; a memory storing control data for operations of the switch station; an intra-station device, accommodating a subscriber line, performing communication operation on subscriber ATM cell; a control processor generating control information in link access protocol (LAP) format; and an interface unit converting LAP control information into ATM cell to the intra-station device through the ATM switch, wherein the control information is communicated according to LAP, the intra-station device receives the control information and transmits a direct memory access request to obtain control data stored in the memory, the interface unit obtains and converts the data format of the control data into ATM cell to transmit to the intra-station device through the switch, and the intra-station device performs the communication operation on the subscriber ATM cell based on the control data received through the switch.

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