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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2001
Applicants:
Siegfried Luft, Vancouver, CA;
Gerald Neufeld, Los Altos, CA (US);
David Stiles, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Siegfried Luft, Vancouver, CA;
Gerald Neufeld, Los Altos, CA (US);
David Stiles, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Redback Networks Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L012/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a hybrid variable rate pipe is described. In one embodiment of the invention, a computer implemented method comprises provisioning a hybrid variable rate pipe on a span of an optical ring and transmitting a set of traffic in the hybrid variable rate pipe.