Patent ID: 6226263
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A network controller for handling end-to-end network resource reservations for subscribers in an ATM communication network including a plurality of subscriber terminals, and a plurality of ATM switches interconnected by communication links, the controller being comprised of:a first memory device for storing resource reservation requests; andlogic circuit which manages the resource reservation requests and establishes requested connections,the logic circuitry being responsive to a reservation request from a subscriber terminal to store the request in the first memory device, to operate the ATM switches to establish and end-to-end connection for the requesting subscriber terminal at a scheduled start time if the requested resource is available, to inform the requesting subscriber terminal of a virtual channel designation/virtual path designation of the established connection to be used for transmission of messages, to release the connection at a scheduled end time, and to remove the record of the request from the first memory device when the connection is released.