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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
May. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Baranitharan Subbiah, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Sudhir Dixit, Norwood, MA (US);
Assignee:
Nokia Telecommunications Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/202 ; H04L 1/266 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/202 ; H04L 1/266 ;
Abstract
A method of switching partial minicells in an AAL2 switching network without the need for re-assembly of the partial minicells at intermediate nodes. Identification of each remainder partial minicell ( ) is accomplished using an 8-bit channel identifier ( ), a double octet identifier ( ) or a triple octet identifier ( ) depending on traffic requirements. Each partial minicell is immediately transmitted based upon the identification code attached to each partial minicell.