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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:
Dec. 13, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2000
Yves T'joens, Sint Michiels-Brugge, BE;
Yves T'Joens, Sint Michiels-Brugge, BE;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a communications network for exchanging data packets of ATM connections in which, in network nodes of a lower network level, a data bank is provided in which connection data are kept available, wherein each data bank in a network node of a lower network level (L) keeps available connection data for a closer environment (PGA, . . . , PGA, . . . , PGC), that at least one additional data bank (RSA, . . . , RSC), which keeps available connection data for a wider environment, is provided and assigned to a network node, and that network node of a higher network level (e.g. A.) which is responsible for a network node (A) to which an additional data bank (RSA) is assigned, also comprises means for maintaining the connection data in this additional data bank, and a method for making available connection data and a method for determining path information in such a communications network, network nodes for a lower network level, and a network node for a higher network level of this communications network.
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