Patent ID: 11962515
Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. The specialized node of claim 14, wherein the network further comprises a controller configured to configure the switch fabric to provide the fixed path, wherein:
the controller is configured to configure the ingress node with a selected scheduling algorithm for converting the incoming flows into at least one TDM flow;
the egress node is configured to convert the received TDM flow to the outgoing flows based only on information contained in the TDM packets without needing to be configured with the selected scheduling algorithm by the controller; and
the controller is configured to communicate with a switch controller for the switch fabric to (i) identify a switch fabric output port associated with the egress node and (ii) request that the switch controller establish the fixed path through the switch fabric.