Patent ID: 6813269
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A component for a telecommunication system, comprising:(a) an input/output (I/O) port capable of receiving and transmitting data packets over a point-to-point communication link of the telecommunication system; and (b) a processor connected to the I/O port to process data packets received over the communication link and to generate data packets for transmission over the communication link, wherein the processor supports data packets conforming to an AIU Message Format as well as one or more additional packet formats comprising: (1) a first-packet format corresponding to an initial packet of a single message, wherein the single message is transmitted over the point-to-point communication link as one or more data packets; and (2) a continuation-packet format corresponding to an other-than-initial packet of the single message for single messages transmitted over the point-to-point communication link as two or more data packets, wherein the definition of fields in the first-packet format is different from the definition of fields in the continuation-packet format, wherein: the first-packet format conforms to a format of Table 2 as follows: TABLE 2â€œFIRST-OF-MULTIPLEâ€  PACKET FORMATBYTE #B7B6B5B4B3B2B1B00Parity BitsLength111ControlElement IDApplication Group2xxSequence Length3Data[0]4Data[1] (Length >= 1)5Data[2] (Length >= 2)and the continuation-packet format conforms to a format of Table 3 as follows: TABLE 3â€œCONTINUATIONâ€  PACKET FORMATBYTE #B7B6B5B4B3B2B1B00Parity BitsLength101Sequence Number2Data[0]3Data[1] (Length >= 1)4Data[2] (Length >= 2)5Data[3] (Length = 3).