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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1999
Earl B. Manchester, Cotati, CA (US);
Barry W. Field, Windsor, CA (US);
Kenneth M. Buckland, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Riccardo G. Dorbolo, Petaluma, CA (US);
Soren B. Pedersen, Petaluma, CA (US);
Thomas A. Potter, Petaluma, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A bus for a telecommunications node includes a frame repeating at a defined interval and including a defined number of slots. Each slot includes an overhead portion identifying a type of traffic in the slot and a service traffic portion transporting traffic of the type. A first slot in at least one frame transports in the service traffic portion asynchronous traffic and routing information for the asynchronous traffic in the telecommunications node. A second slot in the frame transports synchronous traffic in the service traffic portion and has a location in the frame associated with routing information for the synchronous traffic in the telecommunications node.