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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2004
Thomas Scott Afferton, Centreville, VA (US);
Luis Aguirre-torres, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Robert Duncan Doverspike, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Charles Robert Kalmanek, Jr., Short Hills, NJ (US);
Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Thomas Scott Afferton, Centreville, VA (US);
Luis Aguirre-Torres, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Robert Duncan Doverspike, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Charles Robert Kalmanek, Jr., Short Hills, NJ (US);
Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and architecture for Packet-Aware Transport Networks (PATN) which supports both packet and traditional TDM services and which leverages an assemblage of emerging technologies to provide efficient aggregation and switching of packet traffic in metro networks. The PATN provides significant cost savings to carriers by reducing the number of network elements, reducing transport costs through statistical multiplexing, and eliminating the need for redundant multiplexing operations.