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Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2005
Applicants:

Mário Freire, Covilha, PT;

Nuno Garcia, Covilha, PT;

Paulo Monteiro, Ilhavo, PT;

José Miguel Ramalho Ribeiro Dos Santos, Lisboa, PT;

Inventors:

Mário Freire, Covilha, PT;

Nuno Garcia, Covilha, PT;

Paulo Monteiro, Ilhavo, PT;

José Miguel Ramalho Ribeiro dos Santos, Lisboa, PT;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/24 (2006.01); H04B 10/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

There is described a transmission in a burst switching network, whereby data packets are collected to form a burst which is provided with a header. A loop-free common control channel is provided in the optical burst switching network to which all network nodes have access. Headers are transmitted by the loop-free control channel such that a header is distributed virtually in parallel to all network nodes and processed virtually in parallel in the network nodes.


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