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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:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alcatel Canada Inc., Kanata, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/108 ; G06F 1/100 ; H04L 1/00 ; H04L 1/226 ; H04L 1/254 ; H04J 1/16 ; H04J 3/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/108 ; G06F 1/100 ; H04L 1/00 ; H04L 1/226 ; H04L 1/254 ; H04J 1/16 ; H04J 3/14 ;
Abstract
A Multi-Protocol Over ATM (MPOA) network being scalable so as to allow service providers to provide internetworking services to subscribers. The MPOA network is divided into virtual private networks to provide intranet and Internet services over an ATM backbone. The internetworking management system is able to assign differentiated classes of service to the virtual private networks. This permits a service provider to offer subscribers the options of different levels of service.