Virtual connection shaping with hierarchial arbitration
AssigneeAlcatel Canada Inc.
InventorsDavid Walter Carr, Denny L. S. Lee
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for shaping ATM cell traffic emitted onto a virtual path connection in an ATM network are described. Component virtual channel connections are arbitrated at an aggregation point utilizing an arbitration technique. The technique provides both virtual path shaping and controllability of underlying virtual channel connections with an improved fairness performance amongst all the aggregating virtual channel connections.
Claims6
A device for aggregating a plurality of virtual connections into a single virtual connection, comprising:
- an arbitrator to select a virtual connection from the plurality of virtual connection to be aggregated into the single virtual connection;
- and
- a shaper to determine in time domain when traffic from the selected virtual connection is to be emitted in accordance with descriptors associated with the single virtual connection.
A method of aggregating a plurality of virtual connections into a single virtual connection comprising:
- selecting a virtual connection from the plurality of virtual connections to be aggregated into the single virtual connection;
- and
- determine, in time domain, when traffic from the selected virtual connection is to be emitted in accordance with descriptors associated with the single virtual connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.