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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:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles G. Von Hammerstein, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Simon, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/256 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/256 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for communicating link status information for permanent virtual circuits that share a data link connection identifier. A first frame relay packet that includes link status information for a plurality of virtual circuits that each share a first data link connection identifier is received via a frame relay network. Using the link status information in the first frame relay packet, a second frame relay packet that conforms to a standard local management interface status message format is generated. The second frame relay packet is transmitted to customer premise equipment.