Method and apparatus for supporting a connectionless communication protocol over an ATM network
April 9, 2018. 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 ReferencesMultimedia server IP/ATM network adaptation Internet NCP over ATM System and method for hierarchical multicast routing in ATM networks Method for internet protocol switching over fast ATM cell transport Address resolution system Virtual network system Redundancy mechanisms for classical internet protocol over asynchronous transfer mode networks Internet protocol relay network for directly routing datagram from ingress router to egress router System for routing packet switched traffic Inventors
AssigneeApplicationNo. 057872 filed on 04/09/1998US Classes:370/466, Converting between protocols370/392, Processing of address header for routing, per se370/395.5Multiprotocol networkExaminersPrimary: Olms, Douglas W.Assistant: Vanderpuye, Kenneth Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassH04L 012/46AbstractMethod for managing connections on a connection-oriented network such as an ATM network, for use with devices communicating according to a connectionless communication protocol such as IP over Ethernet. Roughly described, a bridging network element (BNE) resides at the ATM point-of-presence through which a data network accesses the ATM network. When the BNE receives an internet ARP (IARP) request from the data network for forwarding onto the ATM network, it forwards it instead to an IARP server. In addition to responding to the IARP request, the IARP server also regards the IARP request as a trigger, and in response thereto, causes the ATM network to establish a connection between the BNE point-of-presence and another point-of-presence on the ATM network through which the target address can be reached. Connection time-out periods are chosen to exceed or to be very likely to exceed the address resolution cache age-out periods on the client devices, thereby ensuring that after a connection timeout, the client device will or will be very likely to transmit another IARP request before it begins streaming transmission of more data packets onto the ATM network.Other References
Field of SearchConverting between protocolsAdaptive Switching a message which includes an address header Processing of address header for routing, per se Bus (distributed stations) Transmission of a single message having multiple packets Having a signaling feature Employing logical addressing for routing (e.g., VP or VC) | |
