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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1999
Rodney Witel, Rohnert Park, CA (US);
Jason Dove, Novato, CA (US);
Paul Franceschini, Petaluma, CA (US);
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
STS-n with enhanced granularity is achieved by using an ATM cell framer which includes a plurality of cell delineators and cell assemblers for conversions between broadband STS-n which occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of a synchronous payload envelope (SPE), such as a synchronous optical network (SONET) bandwidth, and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cells. The SONET bandwidth is flexibly and efficiently allocated for transporting the broadband STS-n which carries ATM data, wherein n can be varied in small increments to allow the SONET bandwidth to be shared with narrowband STS if the broadband STS-n does not occupy the entire SONET bandwidth.