Patent ID: 7158523

Claim:
A method, comprising: transforming a stream of asynchronous transfer mode cells into a stream of bonded asynchronous transfer mode cells, wherein transforming the stream of asynchronous transfer mode cells into the stream of bonded asynchronous transfer mode cells includes converting an asynchronous transfer mode cell into a partial bonded asynchronous transfer mode cell; demultiplexing the stream of bonded asynchronous transfer mode cells into a plurality of streams of inverse multiplexed bonded asynchronous transfer mode cells; and transmitting the plurality of streams of inverse multiplexed bonded asynchronous transfer mode cells to a remote location via a plurality of permanent virtual circuits; characterized in that the transmitted plurality of streams of inverse multiplexed bonded asynchronous transfer mode cells being multiplexed into a multiplexed stream of asynchronous transfer mode cells after transmission via at least two permanent virtual circuits, which include the plurality of permanent virtual circuits, that do not have identical bit-rate.