Patent ID: 7242683
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. Switched full-duplex Ethernet type communication network comprising at least one source subscriber equipment ( 13 ) and at least one destination subscriber equipment ( 14 ) connected to each other through at least one physical link through at least one switch and through at least one virtual link (VL), which is the conceptual representation of a link from a source equipment ( 13 ) to at least one destination equipment ( 14 ), characterized in that each source equipment ( 13 ) that transmits Ethernet frames comprises: means ( means ( wherein each switch comprises means for discarding incoming packets if, for each incoming virtual link, one or more predetermined time constraints for said incoming packets are violated, and wherein each destination equipment comprises means of subscribing for an application in reception to at least one virtual link and making the segregation between virtual links for the duration of the application.