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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. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jaime L. Prieto, Jr., Torrance, CA (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/256 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/256 ;
Abstract
A mapping scheme that maps standard ATMs service classes ( ) of the type used in a wired communications network into one of a plurality of available media access control channels ( ) that allow the particular ATM service class ( ) to be transmitted efficiently over the network, such as a satellite network. The various media access controlled channel types ( ) reside in a media access control layer ( ) between the ATM layer ( ) and the physical layer ( ). A predetermined uplink user protocol is assigned to each MAC channel to efficiently transmit to the ATM cells on the satellite uplink.