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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph Michael Christie, San Bruno, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Communications Company, L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/256 ; H04L 1/266 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/256 ; H04L 1/266 ;
Abstract
The invention is an ATM transport system that transports user information from a continuous signal transport system. The ATM transport system uses telecommunications signaling associated with the continuous signals to determine if the continuous signals are transporting any user information. If so, ATM cells containing user information are generated and transmitted, but if not ATM cells are not generated and transmitted. The invention includes an ATM interworking multiplexer and in some embodiments, a processor.