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Telecommunications apparatus and method

CA 2225333 C · Owner: Lam, Du-Tuan · Inventors: Irwin, George Frank; Lam, Du-Tuan

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A telecommunications apparatus for transporting ATM cells having either of isochronous units of payload data and asynchronous units of payload data between receiving and transmitting ports includes a buffer for asynchronously queuing units of payload data received from the receiving ports and for subsequently transmitting the queued units of payload data in a time division multiplex data stream toward the transmitting ports. A timeslot interchanger is used to reorder a time defined sequence of isochronous units of payload data from the first data stream into a second time defined sequence of isochronous units of payload data in a second TDM data stream. An outgoing TDM data stream …

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  • Filed June 26, 1996 and granted February 4, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 26, 2016.
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FiledJune 26, 1996
GrantedFebruary 4, 2003
Term endedJune 26, 2016
Patent numberCA 2225333 C
Classification (IPC)H04J3/17 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedJune 26, 1996Patent grantedFeb 4, 2003Term endedJune 26, 2016

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