Patent ID: 6480492
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of establishing internal control paths within an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) node, the node having a switch core and plural entities which communicate via the switch core, the switch core having plural ports, one of the plural entities having a node main processor and each of the plural entities having an entity processor, the method comprising:(1) loading each of the entity processors with an executable program, the executable program for each of the entity processors specifying a same VPI/VCI to be used for cells to be sent to the entity processors from the node main processor; (2) providing the same VPI/VCI to the node main processor without previously communicating the same VPI/VCI to the main processor from the entity processors; and (3) connecting each of the plural entities to a respective one of the plural ports of the switch core.