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US Patent 6021263 - Management of ATM virtual circuits with resources reservation protocol
US Patent Issued on February 1, 2000
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
February 16, 2016Estimated 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.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
February 16, 2016Estimated 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.AbstractA method and apparatus for use in a network utilizing Internet Protocol (IP), Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP), and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) protocol is provided. An intelligent policy mapping database (PMD) accessible at the network level by both the RSVP and ATM protocol stacks maps RSVP parameters to ATM parameters with input from factors outside of the RSVP or ATM protocol stacks, e.g., general customer data. With the basis of customer data or other information outside of the RSVP and ATM protocol stacks, a network reservation message to the PMD contains RSVP flow specifications which are mapped to correlated ATM Quality of Service (QoS) parameters.Other References
| InventorsApplicationNo. 602428 filed on 02/16/1996US Classes:709/232, Computer-to-computer data transfer regulating370/409, Employing logical addressing for routing (e.g., VP or VC)709/228, Session/connection parameter setting709/243Decentralized controllingField of Search370/420, For connecting plural subscribers to a network (i.e., network termination)370/463, Details of circuit or interface for connecting user to the network370/397, Employing logical addressing for routing (e.g., VP or VC)370/399, Employing logical addressing for routing (e.g., VP or VC)370/409Employing logical addressing for routing (e.g., VP or VC)ExaminersPrimary: Asta, Frank J.Assistant: Patru, Daniel US Patent References5175800, Expert and data base system and method for communications networkIssued on: 12/29/1992 Inventor: Galis, et al.5440551, Multimedia packet communication system Issued on: 08/08/1995 Inventor: Suzuki5461611, Quality of service management for source routing multimedia packet networks Issued on: 10/24/1995 Inventor: Drake, Jr., et al.5491742, Method and apparatus for provisioning a public switched telephone network Issued on: 02/13/1996 Inventor: Harper, et al.5610910, Access to telecommunications networks in multi-service environment Issued on: 03/11/1997 Inventor: Focsaneanu, et al.5623488, Call set-up server Issued on: 04/22/1997 Inventor: Svennevik, et al.5640399, Single chip network router Issued on: 06/17/1997 Inventor: Rostoker, et al.5740075, Access subnetwork controller for video dial tone networks Issued on: 04/14/1998 Inventor: Bigham, et al.5802502, System for selective communication connection based on transaction pricing signals Issued on: 09/01/1998 Inventor: Gell, et al.5828844, Internet NCP over ATM Issued on: 10/27/1998 Inventor: Civanlar, et al.5831972Method of and system for mapping sonet performance parameters to ATM quality of service parameters Issued on: 11/03/1998 Inventor: Chen International ClassesG06F 013/33G06F 015/17 |
