Multimedia packet communication system
Patent 5440551 Issued on August 8, 1995. Estimated Expiration Date: 
January 4, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
January 4, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesArchitecture of the control of a high performance packet switching distribution network User to network interface protocol for packet communications networks Synchronization of non-continuous digital bit streams Patent #: 4977582 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 177755 filed on 01/04/1994US Classes:370/395.21, Based on traffic contract (including using setup messages, QoS, delay/bandwidth requirement)370/395.52, Internet Protocol (including TCP/IP or UDP/IP) over fixed length packet network (e.g., IP over ATM)370/395.6Adapting detail (e.g., converting to/from ATM, or detail of ATM Adaption Layers (AALs))ExaminersPrimary: Olms, Douglas W.Assistant: Hom, Shick Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassH04Q 011/04Foreign Application Priority Data1993-01-05 JPAbstractA multimedia packet communication system wherein connections can be selectively used automatically and dynamically in accordance with qualities required by an application, in which a plurality of communications of different required qualities are involved, to set quality classes. The multimedia packet communication system comprises a network layer which can map a plurality of different required qualities from a layer protocol which is higher than the network layer into corresponding connection types. The network layer includes a driver for setting the thus mapped connections to individual packets. | |
