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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:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Michael Christie, late of San Bruno, CA (US);
Albert D. Duree, Independence, MO (US);
Michael Joseph Gardner, Overland Park, KS (US);
Mark Sucharczuk, Mountain View, CA (US);
William Lyle Wiley, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Kansas City, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ;
Abstract
The invention is an ATM system to route DS traffic from T1 Extended Superframe (ESF)or Superframe (SF) systems that use robbed bit signaling. The invention is able to route the call selecting the ATM VPI/VCI that routes the call within the ATM system. DS s with robbed bit signaling are transported transparently by the ATM system.