Patent ID: 7742480
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for conveying data using switch cells, comprising: providing a computer infrastructure to generate a compressed dispatch message comprising at least two switch cells from a plurality of data packets by: classifying a data packet format by sequentially analyzing protocol headers of a plurality of data packets; selecting a dispatch method format appropriate for the classified data packet format; extracting a subset plurality of fields from the analyzed data packet protocol headers from a subset plurality of the plurality of data packets appropriate to the classified format, the subset plurality of fields having a quantity of fields less than a total quantity of fields of the appropriate subset plurality of data packets; generating a first switch cell of the at least two switch cells of the compressed dispatch message comprising a first cell header field, a composite frame header field and a first payload field by concatenating at least two of the extracted subset fields to the first payload field; and generating a second switch cell of the at least two switch cells of the compressed dispatch message comprising a second cell header field and a second payload field by concatenating at least two remaining cells of the extracted subset fields to the second payload field; and wherein the compressed dispatch message is dispatched.