Cell discard method
CA 2259722 A1 · Owner: Petit, Guido Henri Marguerite · Inventors: Petit, Guido Henri Marguerite
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The present invention relates to a method and related devices to be used for cell discard in a communications-network through which cells arranged in frames are transmitted. This communications-network exists of a first discarding device which is coupled to a second discarding device. This first discarding device can be a traffic policer or alternatively a network buffer. The, second discarding device is a network buffer. A cell stream is supplied to the first, discarding device. The system determines if the incoming cells are in accordance with the predetermined criteria and discards this cell if the cell is not in , accordance with the criteria. By discarding cells of a frame this frame …
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- Filed February 4, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 4, 2019.
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