Global Patent Index - EP 0649581 A1

EP 0649581 A1 19950426 - MULTIPLEX FORMATS FOR ATM.

Title (en)

MULTIPLEX FORMATS FOR ATM.

Title (de)

Multiplexformate für ATM.

Title (fr)

FORMATS MULTIPLEX POUR MTA.

Publication

EP 0649581 A1 19950426 (EN)

Application

EP 94914477 A 19940506

Priority

  • GB 9400980 W 19940506
  • GB 9309449 A 19930507

Abstract (en)

[origin: GB2277852A] A pure ATM based multiplexer is incapable, especially at low carrier rates, of satisfactorily carrying constant bit rate traffic or human communication traffic. A multiplex format having a plurality of constant bit rate timeslots in which a timeslot is not in use for constant bit rate traffic can have that timeslot used for message based traffic to provide a composite constant bit rate/message based data stream. The ration of constant bit rate traffic to message based traffic making up the mixed data stream can be constantly changed. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

H04J 3/16; H04J 3/12

IPC 8 full level

H04J 3/08 (2006.01); H04J 3/12 (2006.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04J 3/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/70 (2013.01); H04Q 11/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H04J 3/08 (2013.01); H04J 3/12 (2013.01); H04J 3/1617 (2013.01); H04J 3/247 (2013.01); H04J 2203/005 (2013.01); H04J 2203/0089 (2013.01); H04L 2012/5672 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9427387A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FR IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

GB 2277852 A 19941109; GB 2277852 B 19971126; GB 9309449 D0 19930623; EP 0649581 A1 19950426; WO 9427387 A2 19941124; WO 9427387 A3 19950105

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 9309449 A 19930507; EP 94914477 A 19940506; GB 9400980 W 19940506