Patent ID: 6130888
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
An ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) transmission method for transmitting input voice data using a cell consisting of a fixed length bit sequence, said ATM transmission method comprising the steps of:at a transmitting side,detecting a mute section of said input voice data;generating a mute start cell for notifying a pair of a start of said mute section, and transmitting said mute start cell;suppressing said mute section as long as said mute section continues; andgenerating, when said mute section ends, a mute end cell for notifying said pair of an end of said mute section, and transmitting said mute end cell, andat a receiving side,starting generation of said mute section when said mute start cell is received; andstopping generation of said mute section when said mute end cell is received.