Patent ID: 6510156
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for propagating a data stream of cells, comprising:comparing a first portion of a cell of the data stream against a previously saved first portion of a former cell of the data stream; transmitting an optimized second portion of the cell of the data stream if the previously saved first portion of the former cell of the data stream equals the first portion of the cell of the data stream, without disrupting a sequence of cells of the data stream, wherein the optimized second portion of the cell of the data stream is smaller in size than an entire portion of the cell of the data stream; and saving the first portion of the cell of the data stream if the previously saved first portion of a former cell of the data stream does not equal the first portion of the cell of the data stream and transmitting an entire portion of the cell of the data stream, the saving step resulting in a new saved first portion of a cell of the data stream.