Patent ID: 7953091
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting a plurality of virtual network identifier fields from a client entity to a server entity of a packet switching transport network, said method comprising: at the level of the client entity: a step of choosing a coder from among a plurality of coders for coding a sequence formed by said plurality of virtual network identifier fields as a coded sequence, according to a length criterion for said coded sequence, a step of coding the sequence with the aid of the chosen coder to provide said coded sequence, representative of said sequence, a step of transmitting the coded sequence of said plurality of virtual network identifier fields and associated coding parameters in a single control packet, said coding parameters comprising at least one identifier of the coder, at the level of the server entity, for a control packet received: a step of detecting and reading the coding parameters in the packet received, to identify at least the coder used, a step of decoding the coded sequence received with the aid of a decoder corresponding to the identified coder to produce said plurality of virtual network identifier fields.