Packet switch network for communication using packet having virtual connection identifier vci

Abstract From the Canadian patent

In a packet network which includes a plurality of packet switching stations and in which a packet including in its header portion a VPI (Virtual Path Identifier) for identifying one of logical paths multipliexed on a transmission line and a VCI (Virtual Connection Identifier) for identifying one of logical connections multiplexed on one logical path is communicated between the switching stations each switching, station preliminarily designates a VCI to be given to a packet directed to that station when a logical connection is to be set up between that station and another station. When receiving an information packet from the other station, the each station makes access to header label …