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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. 20, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/256 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/256 ;
Abstract
A method for transferring a series of layer-3 packets through an ATM network composed of a plurality of ATM switches is disclosed. An ingress gateway determines whether a packet flow has been registered and, when the flow has not been registered, determines a transfer route. A connection setup cell is transmitted to a next-hop ATM switch to ensure a connection dedicated to transfer of tho series of packets. Then, a series of packets is transferred to the next-hop ATM switch through the connection after the connection has been set up.