Communication System and Method

In a communications system a transmitter is arranged to transmit asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cells in which synchronous transfer mode (STM) channels are assembled. In order to minimise the bandwidth required at least some of the ATM cells include one or more switch command(s) (12) that indicate...

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Hauptverfasser:	PORTER JOHN DAVID, BARDEN RICHARD MARK
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING ELECTRICITY PHYSICS TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:	In a communications system a transmitter is arranged to transmit asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cells in which synchronous transfer mode (STM) channels are assembled. In order to minimise the bandwidth required at least some of the ATM cells include one or more switch command(s) (12) that indicate a change in the activation state of one or more STM channels (11-0 to 11-n). The switch commands (12) and STM channels (11) fill the ATM cell from opposite ends of the cell. Activate switch commands comprise two bytes, a high byte including a pointer (18) pointing to the start of a block of STM channels (11) and a low byte that includes a pointer (19) that points to the channel within a block of STM channels (11) to which the switch command applies.