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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370395 ; 370477 ;
Abstract
A system and method for routing data between input and output ports in an ATM node of a packet-switched network allocates port capacity in accordance with the requirements of the users connected to the ports. Capacity may be allocated either dynamically in real time, according to a fixed predetermined schedule, or according to certain characteristics of the data awaiting transfer between users, such as the length or type of data. The system and method optimize the utilization of system resources by enabling ports having a physical capacity which substantially exceeds the capacity of a conventional ATM switch to be interconnected for data transfer.