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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2002
Joseph S. Christie, Mt. Pleasant, PA (US);
Jean M. Christie, Mt. Pleasant, PA (US);
Michael Joseph Gardner, Overland Park, KS (US);
Albert Daniel Duree, Independence, MO (US);
William Lyle Wiley, Olathe, KS (US);
Joseph S. Christie, Mt. Pleasant, PA (US);
Jean M. Christie, Mt. Pleasant, PA (US);
Michael Joseph Gardner, Overland Park, KS (US);
Albert Daniel DuRee, Independence, MO (US);
William Lyle Wiley, Olathe, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
The invention is a system for providing virtual connections through an ATM interworking multiplexer on a call-by-call basis. A signaling processor receives signaling for a call and selects the virtual connection for the call. The signaling processor generates control messages that identify the selection and transfers the control messages to the ATM interworking multiplexer that accepted the access connection for the call. The multiplexer converts user information from the access connection into ATM cells for transmission over the virtual connection in accord with the control messages.