Packet-based trunking

This invention relates to systems for transmitting data over packet-based networks. A network communication system includes a packet translator operatively connected between a tributary network port and a trunk network port. A tributary format is communicated through the tributary network ports and...

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Hauptverfasser: Turner, R. Brough, Norris, Harry, Rothschild, Julius
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This invention relates to systems for transmitting data over packet-based networks. A network communication system includes a packet translator operatively connected between a tributary network port and a trunk network port. A tributary format is communicated through the tributary network ports and includes tributary packets that each include a header field and a data field. An aggregate format is communicated through the trunk network port, and includes a packet that includes an aggregate header field and the data fields.