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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1999
Hyong S. Kim, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert D. Sansom, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Lawrence R. Cleeton, Butler, PA (US);
Hyong S. Kim, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert D. Sansom, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Lawrence R. Cleeton, Butler, PA (US);
Ericsson, AB, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
An ATM communication system. The system includes a source which produces traffic for connections having known traffic characteristics and unknown traffic characteristics. The traffic has unknown characteristics including traffic with weighted priorities and traffic without weighted priorities. The system includes a network on which traffic travels. The source is connected to the network. The source sends the traffic having known traffic characteristics and unknown traffic characteristics onto the network. The system includes a destination which is connected to the network and receives the traffic having known traffic characteristics and unknown traffic characteristics. A source for producing ATM traffic for a network with switches. A switch for switching traffic on an ATM network from a source to a destination. A method for transferring in an ATM communication system.