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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth M. Buckland, Rohnert Park, CA (US);
Barry W. Field, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Earl B. Manchester, Rohnert Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/256 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/256 ;
Abstract
A single ATM traffic stream is carried over a plurality of lower bandwidth media, such as T- or E- interfaces, using inverse multiplexing assisted by a prepended byte at the beginning of each ATM cell, the byte containing a key to permit recovery of the proper order of ATM cells.