Patent ID: 7023829
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication system, comprising: an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) layer device that supports a plurality of ATM communication channels, each of the plurality of ATM communications channels corresponding to a first class of service or a second class of service; a plurality of physical layer devices, each of the plurality of physical layer devices having a first channel port associated with the first class of service and a second channel port associated with the second class of service; and a local interface in communication with the ATM layer device and the plurality of physical layer devices and having a plurality of addresses, for establishing a plurality of channel connections between each of the plurality of ATM communication channels and the first channel port and the second channel port in each of the plurality of physical layer devices, the local interface having a plurality of addresses; wherein each of the plurality of channel connections associated with the plurality of second channel ports is via one of the plurality of addresses and at least two of the plurality of channel connections associated with the plurality of first channel ports is via no more than one of the plurality of addresses.