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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:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kohei Shiomoto, Tokyo, JP;
Naoaki Yamanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/266 ; H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/256 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/266 ; H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/256 ;
Abstract
A local switch serving a terminal constituting the destination of an IP packet is identified from the IP address of the packet, and time slot switching information is formed, this being information relating to a route through an STM network to this local switch. The packet can then be transferred through the STM network in accordance with this time slot switching information. As a result, a packet with an IP address can be transferred through an STM network.