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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2001
Bin-yeong Yoon, Taejon, KR;
Mi-jung Yang, Taejon, KR;
Yeon-kwae Jeong, Taejon, KR;
Whan-woo Kim, Taejon, KR;
Bin-Yeong Yoon, Taejon, KR;
Mi-Jung Yang, Taejon, KR;
Yeon-Kwae Jeong, Taejon, KR;
Whan-Woo Kim, Taejon, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Taejon, KR;
Korea Telecom, Sungnam-shi, KR;
Abstract
A VC merging apparatus and a method of establishing or terminating connection as well as a recording medium storing instructions for embodying the same method are disclosed. The method of establishing/terminating connection includes the steps of; a) determining a kind of connection with reference to connection parameters according to an order of connection establishment or termination from a central controller; b) establishing/terminating a multi point-to-point connection based on ingress/egress connection labels, if the kind of the connection is a VC merging connection; and c) establishing/terminating a point-to-point connection based on the ingress/egress connection labels, if the kind of the connection is a non-VC merging connection.