Patent ID: 6925082

Claim:
An ATM Packet Access Gateway (ATM PAG) system for managing an ATM bearer path between ATM endpoints, comprising: an ATM PAG; a first ATM bearer connection termination in said ATM PAG for terminating a first bearer connection with a first ATM endpoint; a first address associated with said ATM PAG for said first ATM bearer connection, a second ATM connection termination in said ATM PAG for terminating a second bearer connection with a second ATM endpoint; a second address associated with said ATM PAG for said second ATM bearer connection; a call control entity associated with said ATM PAG for communicating call control instructions to said ATM PAG, said call control instructions including instructions for logically concatenatiug said connections into an active ATM bearer path extending between said first ATM endpoint and said second ATM endpoint; a Media Access Gateway (MAG) in said ATM PAG for controlling the establishment of said first and second bearer connections; an ATM switch in said ATM PAG for establishing said first and second bearer connections and moving bearer traffic ATM packet payloads over said active ATM bearer path; and said MAG and said ATM switch being adapted to cooperate in the logical concatenation of said first and second bearer connections and the formation of said active ATM bearer path.