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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2011
Applicants:
Ian H Duncan, Ottawa, CA;
Ken Young, Kanata, CA;
Grant Hall, Kanata, CA;
James Watt, Kanata, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04Q 11/04 (2006.01); H04L 12/70 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/0478 (2013.01); H04L 2012/5617 (2013.01); H04L 2012/5618 (2013.01); H04L 2012/5631 (2013.01); H04L 2012/5667 (2013.01); H04L 2012/5669 (2013.01);
Abstract
A forwarder for use within an internetworking system operating over an ATM backbone is provided. The physical internetworking devices within the system are shared to provide the internetworking functions while servicing two or more distinct and isolated user networks. This is accomplished by logically partitioning the devices into distinct sub-elements which provide all or part of the internetworking functions. These sub-elements are uniquely allocated to independent realms which are then assigned to specific user networks.