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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. 13, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terence G Hodgkinson, Suffolk, GB;
Alan W O'Neill, Ipswich, GB;
Assignee:
British Telecommunications public limited company, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/256 ; H04J 3/22 ; H04J 3/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/256 ; H04J 3/22 ; H04J 3/24 ;
Abstract
A method of transmitting across an ATM network a connectionless datagram in a cell structure having the form of a plurality of ATM cells the first cell of which carries in its payload the routing information of the connectionless datagram, and wherein at an intermediate node of the network a connectionless routing function is carried out on said first cell with the remaining cells remaining in the ATM layer.