EP0924901A3

Gigabit ethernet interface to synchronous network (Sonet) ring

Abstract

A method and apparatus for routing data packets via a synchronous optical (SONET) network (102,104,106,108) from devices (118,118B) connected to a local area network (116,117,120,126) to devices (118,118B) connected to other local area networks (116,117,120,126). At each transport node (102,104,106,108) in the SONET network the data packets are unloaded from SONET payloads and requeued for transmission on an output path. This allows for easy resolution of contention between devices transmitting at the same time and avoids pre-assigning SONET channels. Source and destination address Information from the data packets can be used to route the data packets through the SONET network. A time-to-live indicator can be used to find the shortest path to a destination address in a SONET ring network or any bi-directional ring network.

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WO9520282A1	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	X	Search report	1,5,6,9

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996172	United States of America	–	1997-12-22
99617297	United States of America	A	1997-12-22
99617297	United States of America	A	1997-12-22
996172	–	–	–
US19970996172	–	–	–

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CA2256014A1	Canada	A1	1999-06-22
EP0924901A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	1999-06-23
US6222848B1	United States of America	B1	2001-04-24
EP0924901A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2002-07-31
EP1441481A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2004-07-28
EP0924901B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2004-11-03
DE69827349D1	Germany	D1	2004-12-09
DE69827349T2	Germany	T2	2005-03-24
EP1441481A3	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2005-10-19
CA2256014C	Canada	C	2006-12-12
EP2259499A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2010-12-08
EP1441481B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2011-06-01
EP2259499B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2013-04-03

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Gigabit ethernet interface to synchronous network (Sonet) ring

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