Patent ID: 6172977
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: H04J,H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A method of operating a communications system, the method comprising:receiving superframe traffic into an interworking multiplexer;in the interworking multiplexer, generating and transmitting information messages in response to the superframe traffic;receiving the information messages into a processor;in the processor selecting identifiers for asynchronous traffic in response to the information messages:in the processor, generating and transmitting control messages indicating the identifiers;in the interworking multiplexer, receiving the control messages indicating the identifiers;in the interworking multiplexer interworking the superframe traffic with asynchronous traffic in response to the control messages:transmitting the asynchronous traffic from the interworking multiplexer;in the processor, selecting connections in response to the information messages;in the processor, generating other control messages indicating the connections;receiving the asynchronous traffic into another interworking multiplexer, receiving the other control messages indicating the connections into the other interworking multiplexer;in the other interworking multiplexer, interworking the asynchronous traffic with other superframe traffic in response to the other control messages; andtransmitting the other superframe traffic from the other interworking multiplexer.