GB2301985B - Controlling the flow of ATM cells in an ATM network - Google Patents

Controlling the flow of ATM cells in an ATM network

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GB2301985B
GB2301985B GB9611706A GB9611706A GB2301985B GB 2301985 B GB2301985 B GB 2301985B GB 9611706 A GB9611706 A GB 9611706A GB 9611706 A GB9611706 A GB 9611706A GB 2301985 B GB2301985 B GB 2301985B
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atm
controlling
flow
cells
network
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Trevor Jones
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GEN DATACOMM ADV RES
General Datacomm Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L49/00—Packet switching elements
    • H04L49/50—Overload detection or protection within a single switching element
    • H04L49/505—Corrective measures
    • H04L49/506—Backpressure
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/54—Store-and-forward switching systems 
    • H04L12/56—Packet switching systems
    • H04L12/5601—Transfer mode dependent, e.g. ATM
    • H04L12/5602—Bandwidth control in ATM Networks, e.g. leaky bucket
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L49/00—Packet switching elements
    • H04L49/30—Peripheral units, e.g. input or output ports
    • H04L49/3081—ATM peripheral units, e.g. policing, insertion or extraction
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L49/00—Packet switching elements
    • H04L49/50—Overload detection or protection within a single switching element
    • H04L49/501—Overload detection
    • H04L49/503—Policing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/54—Store-and-forward switching systems 
    • H04L12/56—Packet switching systems
    • H04L12/5601—Transfer mode dependent, e.g. ATM
    • H04L2012/5614—User Network Interface
    • H04L2012/5616—Terminal equipment, e.g. codecs, synch.
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/54—Store-and-forward switching systems 
    • H04L12/56—Packet switching systems
    • H04L12/5601—Transfer mode dependent, e.g. ATM
    • H04L2012/5629—Admission control
    • H04L2012/5631—Resource management and allocation
    • H04L2012/5632—Bandwidth allocation
    • H04L2012/5635—Backpressure, e.g. for ABR
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/54—Store-and-forward switching systems 
    • H04L12/56—Packet switching systems
    • H04L12/5601—Transfer mode dependent, e.g. ATM
    • H04L2012/5629—Admission control
    • H04L2012/5631—Resource management and allocation
    • H04L2012/5636—Monitoring or policing, e.g. compliance with allocated rate, corrective actions
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/54—Store-and-forward switching systems 
    • H04L12/56—Packet switching systems
    • H04L12/5601—Transfer mode dependent, e.g. ATM
    • H04L2012/5638—Services, e.g. multimedia, GOS, QOS
    • H04L2012/5646—Cell characteristics, e.g. loss, delay, jitter, sequence integrity
    • H04L2012/5652—Cell construction, e.g. including header, packetisation, depacketisation, assembly, reassembly
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/54—Store-and-forward switching systems 
    • H04L12/56—Packet switching systems
    • H04L12/5601—Transfer mode dependent, e.g. ATM
    • H04L2012/5678—Traffic aspects, e.g. arbitration, load balancing, smoothing, buffer management
    • H04L2012/5681—Buffer or queue management
    • H04L2012/5682—Threshold; Watermark
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L49/00—Packet switching elements
    • H04L49/20—Support for services
    • H04L49/205—Quality of Service based
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L49/00—Packet switching elements
    • H04L49/30—Peripheral units, e.g. input or output ports

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Data Exchanges In Wide-Area Networks (AREA)
GB9611706A 1995-06-05 1996-06-05 Controlling the flow of ATM cells in an ATM network Expired - Lifetime GB2301985B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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GBGB9511319.7A GB9511319D0 (en) 1995-06-05 1995-06-05 Controlling the flow of ATM cells in an ATM network

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GB9611706D0 GB9611706D0 (en) 1996-08-07
GB2301985A GB2301985A (en) 1996-12-18
GB2301985B true GB2301985B (en) 2000-02-09

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CA (1) CA2222413A1 (en)
GB (2) GB9511319D0 (en)
WO (1) WO1996039759A1 (en)

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GB9511319D0 (en) 1995-08-02
EP0878068A4 (en) 2001-05-16
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GB9611706D0 (en) 1996-08-07
EP0878068A1 (en) 1998-11-18
CA2222413A1 (en) 1996-12-12

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