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(11) EP 1 062 739 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
27.12.2000 Bulletin 2000/52

(21) Application number: 99910498.7

(22) Date of filing: 16.03.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7H04B 3/56
(86) International application number:
PCT/GB9900/799
(87) International publication number:
WO 9948/224 (23.09.1999 Gazette 1999/38)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 17.03.1998 GB 9805732

(71) Applicant: Nortel Networks Limited
Montreal,Quebec H2Y 3Y4 (CA)

(72) Inventors:
  • HICKS, Mark, Edward
    Chelmsford,Essex CM1 6JL (GB)
  • COOPER, Stephen, Kenneth
    Bishop's Stortford,Herts CM23 3NQ (GB)
  • HUGHES, Richard, Edward
    Bishop's Stortford,Herts CM22 6NT (GB)
  • BOYCE, Alan, Russell
    Brentwood,Essex CM15 0NH (GB)

(74) Representative: Bewley, Ewan Stuart et al
Nortel NetworksIntellectual Property Law GroupLondon Road
Harlow, Essex CM17 9NA
Harlow, Essex CM17 9NA (GB)

   


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