Patent ID: 6822964
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
Method for sending frames of data from a plurality of ingresses to one caress in an ATM network, the method comprising the steps of:assigning an identification at the egress to each of the ingresses in the network and incrementing a counter each time an identification is assigned to an ingress; sending each identification from the egress to its assigned ingress; receiving at each ingress the identification assigned at the egress; partitioning frame data into cells at an ingress; including in each of the cells of partitioned frame data the identification assigned to an ingress where partitioning occurs; sending cells of frame data from said plurality of ingresses to the egress; receiving, at the egress, cells sent from said plurality of ingresses; and combining the cells received at the egress into frames of data depending on the included identification.