Patent ID: 6359887
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
A method of providing transparent circuit emulation between nodes of a communications network, the method comprising:segmenting at a first node of said network a frame of data into a first packet and a second packet such that said first packet comprises a first portion of said frame of data and said second packet comprises a second portion of said frame of data, said first packet having a first header and said second packet having, a second header; adding a frame count value to each of said first header and said second header; adding a first offset value to said first header and a second offset value to said second header, said first and second offset values corresponding to respective temporal locations of said first and second portions within said frame of data; transmitting said first and second packets from said first node to a second node of said network; and playing out said first and second packets at said second node as a played out frame according to said frame count value and said first and second offset values such that said first and second portions occupy similar respective temporal locations within said played out frame as said first and second portions occupied in said frame of data.