EP 1163821 A1 20011219 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING CONNECTIONS ON MULTIPOINT-TO-POINT TOPOLOGIES
Title (en)
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING CONNECTIONS ON MULTIPOINT-TO-POINT TOPOLOGIES
Title (de)
VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR UNTERSTÜTZUNG VON VERBINDUNGEN BEI MEHRPUNKT-ZU-PUNKT-TOPOLOGIEN
Title (fr)
PROCEDE ET APPAREIL D'ETABLISSEMENT DE CONNEXIONS DANS DES TOPOLOGIES MULTIPOINT-A-POINT
Publication
Application
Priority
FI 9900200 W 19990317
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0056115A1] A method and apparatus for supporting connections on multipoint-to-point topologies is disclosed. A cell scheduler schedules packets from incoming VCCs for transmission on the order that a complete frame is available. Cells are received from a plurality of virtual channel connections. The cells for each of the virtual channel connections are stored in a buffer until a complete packet has been received. When a buffer accumulates a complete packet of cells for one of the virtual channel connections, the cells are scheduled for transmission. A complete packet is determined by looking at a packet type identification field. Cells forming a first packet for a first virtual channel connection are transmitted continuously until all the cells have been transmitted. A next available complete packet of cells is transmitted after the first packet of cells has been transmitted. A determination is made whether a cell is a data cell, an OAM cell, a Resource Management cell or a reserved cell. When a cell is determined to be an OAM cell, a Resource Management cell or a reserved cell, the buffered cells are dropped, moved to a bypass queue or handled as other cells.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H04Q 11/04 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/70 (2013.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H04Q 11/0478 (2013.01); H04L 2012/5643 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 0056115A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0056115 A1 20000921; AU 2936299 A 20001004; EP 1163821 A1 20011219
DOCDB simple family (application)
FI 9900200 W 19990317; AU 2936299 A 19990317; EP 99910391 A 19990317