Node for a communications network
CA 2084107 A1 · Owner: American Telephone And Telegraph Company · Inventors: Ensor, James Robert; Conti, Giovanni
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Abstract, Mechanisms for efficient transmission management are provided for multiparty, multimedia communications by constructing a logical ring structure from logical point-to-point connections between multiple nodes participating in a communication. Data and control information are unbundled in the communication by providing several different higher level protocols or applications called "user, entities," at each node and enabling uninhibited data transfer between corresponding user entities of the different nodes via virtual rings built on top of the logical ring. A mechanism preferably is provided for a user entity to selectively accept or reject a packet on the basis of the importance …
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- Filed November 30, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 30, 2012.
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