Method and system for virtual circuit numbering
AssigneeTellabs Petaluma, Inc.
InventorsMoshe Oron, Paul Warner, Shimon Hochbaum
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Abstract
A system and method for providing identifying numbers for virtual circuits and virtual paths in a network is described. The system and method make use of a predetermined group of identifying numbers such that each number corresponds to a particular communication type and port.
Claims22
A method of determining a communication identifier for use in a communication network, the method comprising:
- selecting an identifying number, for use as the communication identifier, that corresponds to a communication port and communication type, the identifying number being selected from a group of identifying numbers in which for each identifying number a first set of bits corresponds to a group of communication ports and a second set of bits corresponds to a group of communication types.
A communications system comprising:
- a plurality of communication ports in a communication network allowing for a plurality of communication types;
- a processor configured to select an identifying number for use as a communication identifier that corresponds to one of the plurality of communication ports and one of the plurality of communication types;
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- a network controller configured to the identifying number as a communication identifier.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable program codes embodied therein for determining a communication identifier for use in a communication network, the computer readable medium program codes including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- select an identifying number, for use as the communication identifier, that corresponds to a communication port and communication type, the identifying number being selected from a group of identifying numbers in which for each identifying number a first set of bits corresponds to a group of communication ports and a second set of bits corresponds to a group of communication types.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.